Innovation v/s job oriented economy

Role of LWMC for influencing job market

*Bench Marking of Key Performance Indicators of SWM in Lahore, Resource Critical, 2011

• Population of Lahore: 11 million

• Waste Generation: 5000 tons / day

• Stated Collection Efficiency*:62% ?????

• No Scientific Disposal

Waste Management Challenge

before LWMC formation

Inefficient Institutional

Mechanism

• Number of Sanitary Workers = 10,000

• Professional Staff= 2 Engineer

• No SWM Information and Data

• No Monitoring & Evaluation System

• Weak Financial Management System

• No value for money – Budget Rs. 3 Billion

• Contamination of Soil and

Ground Water

• Emission of Green House

Gases (GHGs)

• Increase in Suspended

Particles

• Health of Citizens &

Sanitary Workers is

affected

Impacts on Environment &

Health

Formation of Company

• Establishment of LWMC on the

basis of Turkish Model

• Responsible for Solid Waste

Collection, Transportation and

Disposal etc.

• Modern Corporate Practices

(Smart BOD, Manuals, Strategic

plan, SECP Guidelines, Audit

etc.)

• Hiring of professionals and start

of integrated SWM approach

LWMC introduced a new model

• Situation before the advent of LWMC(job

recession)

• New model for SWM

• Created jobs

• Proper framework

• Proper salary

• Rights allocation

• Ensured compliance with labor laws

• Scope of company broadened

Innovation

• Institutional reform

• Number of professionals

SWM sector LWMC

2

CDGL

119

LWMC

Innovation

• Outsourcing of SWM services

• Outsourced to 2 international companies– Albayrak

– Ozpak

Old New

• Efficiency was low • Higher efficiency

• No robust financial support

• A budget of Rs 13 billion was allocated

• No MIS system • Effective M&E system

Job market development after formation of LWMC

10672

15068

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

14000

16000

CDGL LWMC

Emp

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Organization

Jobs Created by LWMC LWMC employed 4400 more

workers

Job market development after formation of LWMC

• Local industry flourished

• Local fabrication and manufacturing of equipment and machinery employed a number of people

• SWM projects RDF

Compost

Waste to Energy

Hospital waste management etc.

SWM Projects

Segregation

• Informal job market

• Source of income for scavengers

• Stages of waste handling(1st man, middle man, recycling industry)

Landfilling

• Engineered landfill sites-construction

• Waste transportation

• Heap leveling and lifting

RDF

•Waste transportation

• Labor involved in the process

Compost

• Waste transportation and handling

• Heap leveling and lifting

• Selling the compost

Waste to energy

•Waste transportation

• Job market varying according to the project

Compliance

• Strengthening HSE

•Workers’ welfare

JOBS CREATION

Potential projects aimed at creating new jobs

• Biogas plant

• MRF

• Green waste handling

• Hospital waste management

Current workforce

• 40 workersRDF

• 17 workersCompost Plant

• 119 workers LWMC

• 164 workers at Albayrak

• 117 workers Ozpak

Professional Staff

• Albayrak-3886+1000 workers

• Ozpak-4011+1000 workers

• Contractor-5171 workers

Sanitary workers

Stats of various domains

40

17

119

281

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

RDF Compost Plant Professional Staff LWMC Professional Staff ofcontractors

Emp

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Domains

Current Headcount

Adding to the job industry with it’s dependence on automobiles

• With private sector

• In house fabrication

• Machinery for landfill

• Machinery on special events like Eid-ul-Adha

Vehicles Status

Organizations Type of Vehicle No of Vehicles

Albayrak Compactors, Mechanical

Sweepers, Mini Dumpers,

Arm rolls, Minidumpers,

bulldozers etc.

Washing Vehicles, Loaders,

Dumpers etc.

307

LWMC

OzPak

396

310

TOTAL 1013

Financial Investment by

Contractors

CompanyVehicles &

MachineryDuty Paid Miscellaneous

Total

Investment

(Million US$) (Million US$) (Million US$) (Million US$)

Albayrak 27 8 5 40

OzPak 22 6 5 33

Total 49 14 10 73

Special Emphasis on Environment

Cons Pros

• Heavy investment • Jobs are created

• No awareness • Local industry flourishes

• Changing the mindsets of people

• Environmental damage minimizes

• Long term sustainability is gained

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