Commissioner Mardan Division Syed Muhammad Ali Shah has directed the Department of Municipalities, Water and Sanitation Services Company Mardan (WSSCM), Tehsil Municipal Administrations (TMAs) and other relevant institutions to ensure complete cleanliness across all tehsils of Mardan and Swabi within 15 days.
The commissioner issued the directives while instructing officials to intensify the ongoing sanitation campaign across both districts. He warned that strict action would be taken against responsible officers if complaints regarding cleanliness, sanitation and other civic facilities continued after the deadline.
He also directed authorities to establish WhatsApp groups in all tehsils of Mardan and Swabi, following the model introduced in Takhtbhai tehsil, to facilitate the identification and immediate resolution of sanitation problems, non-functional streetlights and other civic issues.
Local representatives will also be included in these groups to enable them to directly communicate complaints and problems from their respective areas to the relevant authorities.
For public convenience, the commissioner instructed officials to display dedicated contact numbers for cleanliness and sanitation complaints at prominent locations.
He further directed TMA officials to immediately restore all non-functional streetlights and install new ones wherever necessary.
The commissioner also ordered improved cleanliness in graveyards, identification of encroachments and appropriate measures for their removal.
Emphasising the importance of properly functioning slaughterhouses, he assured that legal obstacles to establishing a slaughterhouse in Tehsil Topi of Swabi district would be addressed. He made it clear that the slaughter of animals outside designated slaughterhouses would be strictly prevented.
Additionally, the commissioner directed the Department of Municipalities and Tehsil Municipal Officers (TMOs) to ensure thorough cleaning of public parks, restoration of streetlights and the provision of a clean, pleasant and healthy recreational environment for residents.
He stressed that all relevant departments must fulfil their responsibilities within the prescribed timeframe to improve sanitation and municipal services across Mardan and Swabi.