Reza Mahmud :
Household garbage throwing here and there by the residents are creating unbearable stink in the whole city.
The City Corporations’ cleaners are responsible for this, say the citizens.
On the other hand, the City Corporation officials are blaming the residents’ unconsciousness.
“Piles of household waste are seen beside lanes and by-lanes. The cleaners are very irregular in collecting waste. Most of the times the waste dumping containers are overflowed as the City Corporations’ trucks failed to collect waste from those containers. It is mostly found in Wari just under Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover,” said Abdul Aleem, from Wari.
The city residents said that private waste collectors are very irregular to collect waste from homes.
“We pay their wages in full. But they are not honest in their duty. We are seriously sufferers. The waste is creating stink in every house. As a result, many of the residents used to throw
their household waste on the streets. It creates unbearable stink in every lane and street,” said Hussain Ahmed, the Owner of Medicine Point at Gandaria.
He said it becomes impossible to go on morning walk as the rotten waste is seen in different areas on the way.
Other residents said, they are facing difficulties to send their children schools through the way for the bad smell of those waste.
City residents said, there is certain law against throwing garbage in pavements, streets and lanes.
But the unconscious people used to throw their household waste everyday on the roads randomly.
The garbage is found in different streets and lanes in Mirpur, Farmgate, Tejgaon, Gulistan, Wari, Jatrabari, Sayedabad, Demra, Mugda, Manda, Jurain and many areas in the city.
When contacted, Additional Chief Waste Management Officer of DSCC Khandaker Millatul Islam told The New Nation that they were trying to increase mass awareness.
He said, “We are frequently conducting drives to fine the responsible persons who throw garbage on the road. We hope that the people will be conscious enough to stop such nonsense act.”
Brigadier General Dr. Sheikh Salahuddin,Chief Health Officer of DSCC told The New Nation, “We are very annoyed at the unconscious people’s randomly throwing of their waste on the street.”
“Not only in the streets or lanes, we found rotten waste upon boundary walls in many areas in Dhaka. The frequent thrown garbage is making difficulties and hazardous for the city people in different ways. It is creating unbearable stink. The garbage also blocks the water flowing through the drains. That is creating water stagnant in many areas.”
He said, the drain side garbage also is helping mosquito breeding.
When contacted, Khan Mohammad Bilal, the Chief Executive Officer of DSCC told The New Nation, “We are considering starting mobile court to stop throwing garbage into the street.”
He said it is the responsibility of all to keep the city clean and livable. It is not okay to give all liabilities to the authority throwing dusts and garbage in to the streets.
Household garbage throwing here and there by the residents are creating unbearable stink in the whole city.
The City Corporations’ cleaners are responsible for this, say the citizens.
On the other hand, the City Corporation officials are blaming the residents’ unconsciousness.
“Piles of household waste are seen beside lanes and by-lanes. The cleaners are very irregular in collecting waste. Most of the times the waste dumping containers are overflowed as the City Corporations’ trucks failed to collect waste from those containers. It is mostly found in Wari just under Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover,” said Abdul Aleem, from Wari.
The city residents said that private waste collectors are very irregular to collect waste from homes.
“We pay their wages in full. But they are not honest in their duty. We are seriously sufferers. The waste is creating stink in every house. As a result, many of the residents used to throw
their household waste on the streets. It creates unbearable stink in every lane and street,” said Hussain Ahmed, the Owner of Medicine Point at Gandaria.
He said it becomes impossible to go on morning walk as the rotten waste is seen in different areas on the way.
Other residents said, they are facing difficulties to send their children schools through the way for the bad smell of those waste.
City residents said, there is certain law against throwing garbage in pavements, streets and lanes.
But the unconscious people used to throw their household waste everyday on the roads randomly.
The garbage is found in different streets and lanes in Mirpur, Farmgate, Tejgaon, Gulistan, Wari, Jatrabari, Sayedabad, Demra, Mugda, Manda, Jurain and many areas in the city.
When contacted, Additional Chief Waste Management Officer of DSCC Khandaker Millatul Islam told The New Nation that they were trying to increase mass awareness.
He said, “We are frequently conducting drives to fine the responsible persons who throw garbage on the road. We hope that the people will be conscious enough to stop such nonsense act.”
Brigadier General Dr. Sheikh Salahuddin,Chief Health Officer of DSCC told The New Nation, “We are very annoyed at the unconscious people’s randomly throwing of their waste on the street.”
“Not only in the streets or lanes, we found rotten waste upon boundary walls in many areas in Dhaka. The frequent thrown garbage is making difficulties and hazardous for the city people in different ways. It is creating unbearable stink. The garbage also blocks the water flowing through the drains. That is creating water stagnant in many areas.”
He said, the drain side garbage also is helping mosquito breeding.
When contacted, Khan Mohammad Bilal, the Chief Executive Officer of DSCC told The New Nation, “We are considering starting mobile court to stop throwing garbage into the street.”
He said it is the responsibility of all to keep the city clean and livable. It is not okay to give all liabilities to the authority throwing dusts and garbage in to the streets.
