Three organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to better serve the environmental requirements of society through proper design, construction and waste management facilities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development & Management Company (KPEZDMC) has signed the MoU with Hattar Industrialists Association and COMSATS University Islamabad Abbottabad Campus. The three parties will cooperate and carry out particular tasks and environmental-related activities.

The primary tasks include increasing capacity in the following areas: solid waste management, recycling contaminated water, water reusability in the marble industry, treatment of solid and liquid wastes in dispersed industrial zones, design of sewerage system and treatment capacity in new economic zones. Representatives of the stakeholders will jointly seek and choose suitable areas for initial public dumping in the Hattar Economic Zone, Haripur.

The MoU was signed by KPEZDMC Chief Executive Officer Javed Iqbal Khattak, while Hattar Industrialists Association Chairman Muhammad Atta-ur-Rehman and Director COMSATS Abbottabad Campus Prof Dr Maroof Shah represented the respective organisations.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-WealthPk