{"id":70302,"date":"2020-09-10T16:19:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T11:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=70302"},"modified":"2020-09-10T16:20:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T11:20:01","slug":"imc-receives-grant-improving-islamabads-environment-sanitary-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imc-receives-grant-improving-islamabads-environment-sanitary-situation.html","title":{"rendered":"IMC receives grant for improving Islamabad&#8217;s environment, sanitary situation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Japanese Ambassador Kuninori Matsuda on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Ministry of Economic Affairs under which the Japanese government formally issued a grant to the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) for improving the sanitary environment of the city, a news source reported. The said financial assistance package is worth USD 4.7 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/japanese-companies-willing-invest-pakistan-railways-envoy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese companies willing to invest in Pakistan Railways: Envoy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the details shared, the funds provided would be utilised to procure garbage disposal vehicles from Japan. Under the programme, the country would provide special vehicles for improving the sanitary environment of Islamabad. These would include garbage compactors, sewer jet sucking machines, and skip lifting vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the agreement signing ceremony, the Japanese ambassador highlighted that a clean living environment was essential for preventing the spread of infectious diseases in the capital city. He expressed his hope that the grant assistance would help improve the sanitary environment and restore the beauty of Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-imc-develop-eco-friendly-asphalt-mixing-plant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDA, IMC develop eco-friendly asphalt mixing plant<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, the programme is expected to improve solid waste management in the city, which was one of the five indices of the \u2018Clean &amp; Green Pakistan\u2019 initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Japanese Ambassador Kuninori Matsuda on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Ministry of Economic Affairs under which the Japanese government formally issued a grant to the Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC) for improving the sanitary environment of the city, a news source reported. The said financial assistance package is worth USD 4.7 million. Read: Japanese companies willing to invest in Pakistan Railways: Envoy As per the details shared, the funds provided would be utilised to procure garbage disposal vehicles from Japan. Under the programme, the country would provide special vehicles for improving the sanitary environment of Islamabad. These would include garbage compactors, sewer jet sucking machines, and skip lifting vehicles. During the agreement signing ceremony, the Japanese ambassador highlighted that a clean living environment was essential for preventing the spread of infectious diseases in the capital city. He expressed his hope that the grant assistance would help improve the sanitary environment and restore the beauty of Islamabad. Read: CDA, IMC develop eco-friendly asphalt mixing plant According to reports, the programme is expected to improve solid waste management in the city, which was one of the five indices of the \u2018Clean &amp; Green Pakistan\u2019 initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":69545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,20385],"tags":[41,5165,39092],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-development-projects","9":"tag-islamabad","10":"tag-japan","11":"tag-sanitation-in-islamabad","12":"cat-15181-id","13":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IMC receives grant for Islamabad sanitary environment - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Japanese envoy Kuninori Matsuda has signed an agreement for a grant to IMC for improving sanitary environment of Islamabad.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imc-receives-grant-improving-islamabads-environment-sanitary-situation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IMC receives grant for Islamabad sanitary environment - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Japanese envoy Kuninori Matsuda has signed an agreement for a grant to IMC for improving sanitary environment of Islamabad.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imc-receives-grant-improving-islamabads-environment-sanitary-situation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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