Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhary Parvez Elahi has directed authorities concerned to finalize the matters of waste-to-energy power plant project as soon as possible.

Talking to a delegation of German company in Lahore on Sunday, he said green field power plant will provide economical electricity to Punjab and it will also solve the issue of garbage disposal.

He said the installation of environment friendly plants is the need of the hour in the context of climate change and the project will also help to deal with the issue of smog and environment pollution.

On this occasion, the delegation informed the Chief Minister that the project will create five thousand jobs.

Source: Radio Pakistan