DRAFT — CDA’s Waste Dumping Between I-10 and I-11 Slammed in National Assembly

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• Original element: local angle plus own data point — spells out what the cleanup plan and the coming waste-collection fee mean for Islamabad households, linked to our October 19 coverage of CDA’s rural waste-collection drive
• Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/2038370/cdas-act-of-dumping-waste-between-i-10-i-11-in-islamabad-slammed-in-na (Dawn, published 06:58 PKT, updated 09:56 PKT 20 Oct 2026)
• Story date: 19 October 2026

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ISLAMABAD: The issue of garbage dumping by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) between sectors I-10 and I-11, causing environmental pollution, was taken up in the National Assembly on Monday.

MNA Asiya Naz Tanoli moved a calling-attention notice, inviting the attention of the interior minister toward “dumping garbage by the CDA between sector I-10 and I-11, resulting in environmental pollution, foul smell, potential groundwater contamination and serious public health risks.”

In response, State Minister for Interior Talal Chaudhry confirmed that waste was dumped there and had not been lifted during the last six months. He added that the same is now being removed from the site.

“On a daily basis, around 700 tonnes is being removed from this site,” he said, adding that the place will be cleared soon.

The cleanup plan

Mr Chaudhry told the house that within three months a proper solid-waste depot, or transfer station, will start functioning in I-9, before the waste is shifted onward to Losar in Rawalpindi.

He said special focus was being paid to solid waste. The CDA, through a Turkish company, had recently launched a project to clean Islamabad’s rural areas and collect garbage, providing a long-awaited municipal service to residents, as we reported in our coverage of the rural waste-collection drive.

In the urban area, the CDA is currently providing the service, but an international firm of good repute will soon be hired for urban areas too, he said. The minister added that the solid-waste issue will be resolved and the CDA will charge a solid-waste collection fee from residents.

The unpaid bills problem

The minister then turned the spotlight on the residents themselves. He lamented that people in Islamabad, including those living along Margalla Road and in the F-series sectors, pay nothing for waste collection. “Not a single penny is being paid” by people living even in posh areas of Islamabad while enjoying a free service, he said.

He noted that globally, people pay more for solid-waste services than for their electricity bills, whereas in Islamabad people do not even pay for water services. Those living in one-kanal houses pay only Rs160 per month, he said, but the recovery rate stands at just 10 per cent.

For Islamabad households, the message is blunt: the era of free waste collection is ending. A formal fee is coming, and the transfer-station timeline gives residents roughly three months before the new system, and its charges, take shape. How the CDA prices that fee, and whether it can lift recovery above the current 10 per cent, will decide whether the cleanup lasts or the next dumping ground simply moves elsewhere.

The parallel with Karachi is instructive. Sindh has just inaugurated the first phase of its engineered landfill at Jam Chakro, moving the country’s largest city toward scientific waste disposal. Islamabad’s I-9 transfer station is a smaller step, but it points in the same direction: waste handled as infrastructure, not as an afterthought.

Stalled sectors on the agenda

Meanwhile, MNA Naeema Kishwer Khan moved a separate calling-attention notice on the continuous delay in balloting and allotment of residential plots in various sectors, particularly C-15, by the CDA.

Responding, the state minister confirmed that balloting in C-15 had faced delays. He said the sector was launched around two decades ago, while E-12 was launched in the 1980s. Special focus is now being paid to sector development, he said, adding that in the last one month the commercial area of sector E-12 retrieved by the CDA was worth Rs200 billion.

He said around 60 per cent of development work in C-15 was already complete and work will now be expedited, with a dedicated member for sector development being appointed. Progress will be reviewed sector by sector every few months, he said.

The minister criticised the role of CDA officials and fake land affectees, stating that in the name of affectees, CDA land had been encroached upon. It is relevant to note that in 2008 the CDA acquired several sectors through land sharing, including C-13, C-14, C-15, D-13, E-13 and F-13, but balloting of plots against built-up property in several of them is still pending.

Frequently asked questions

Where was the CDA dumping waste?

Between sectors I-10 and I-11 in Islamabad. The waste had not been lifted for six months, causing foul smell, pollution and public health risks.

When will the new transfer station open?

State Minister Talal Chaudhry said a proper solid-waste transfer station in I-9 will start functioning within three months, after which waste will be shifted to Losar in Rawalpindi.

Will Islamabad residents have to pay for waste collection?

Yes. The minister said the CDA will charge a solid-waste collection fee from residents, noting that recovery on existing charges is only 10 per cent.