Staff Reporter:
Waste of slaughtered animals littered different areas of the capital even after two days of the Eid-ul-Azha although administrations of both the city corporations [Dhaka South City Corporation and Dhaka North City Corporation] promised to clean the city within 48 hours.
The DSCC and DNCC authorities on Sunday said that conservancy staff of both the city corporations would remove waste by Wednesday afternoon to keep the capital city clean and safe. But they missed the deadline.
Many residents alleged that the city corporation staff assigned to clean capital soon after slaughtering of animals were not found on the job leaving the cattle remains to stink the whole city out.
A resident of Shyamoli area, Zafar Ahmed, said litters of sacrificial animals were left in the street for hours as no DNCC staff came to clean those.
Locals of different city areas, including Mohammadpur and Khilgaon, alleged that the authorities are yet to complete the removal of waste of slaughtered animals.
“Stink has been spreading in the area. We feel discomfort as animal waste is lying here and there. Although some main roads were cleared, the inner roads in the mahallas are still with waste,” said Sohel Arman, a resident of Pallabi area.
While visiting a number of areas, it was found that pedestrians were walking along different lanes and by-lanes by putting hands or cloth on their nose to avoid bad smell of animal waste.
Officials of the city corporations said that nearly 13,000 staff of the conservancy departments of both the city corporations started removing waste of animals from all the city wards and localities from Eid afternoon.
Chief executive officer of DSCC Ansar Ali Khan said that a total of 5,884 conservancy workers including 684 hired staff, comprising a dozen from each of the 57 wards, were engaged in removing waste at all wards and localities under its jurisdiction.
He said, DSCC has been utilising 126 open trucks, 73 containers and 16 eco-friendly compact garbage removal vehicles under its special drive for removal of waste of sacrificial animals and the regular conservancy operation.
He also said, along with their own efforts, the Army, the Navy, Dhaka WASA and Orion Group, Akiz Group and Toma Group have come up extending their hands of assistance in the special conservancy drive providing with water browsers, pay-loaders and dump trucks for removal of garbage and blood-stain of sacrificial animals.
Ansar Ali Khan said, both the city corporations had been distributing a special type of airtight poly-bags for the first time to keep the waste of sacrificial animals to check environment pollution.
Besides, the DNCC officials said that they had been using a special type of spray to check spreading of foul odour.
They said that they had distributed a total of 25,000 special type airtight poly-bags among the people concerned of the temporary cattle markets, large residential quarters and apartment complexes for instant preservation of waste.
Sources said that a total of 7000 conservancy workers comprising 2700 of its own staff and nearly 4500 hired workers were engaged in the special conservancy drive to keep the areas under its jurisdiction clean.
The DNCC authorities have been utilising 170 open trucks, dump trucks, prime movers, pay loaders and long-trail vehicles for carrying of garbage and disposal of the same and waste of sacrificial animals in the dumping grounds.
Sources in both the City Corporations told that nearly 5000 metric tonnes of garbage usually stockpiles everyday in the capital city, which increases by five times to 20,000 metric tonnes with the waste of sacrificial animals during the days of Eid-ul-Azha.
Waste of slaughtered animals littered different areas of the capital even after two days of the Eid-ul-Azha although administrations of both the city corporations [Dhaka South City Corporation and Dhaka North City Corporation] promised to clean the city within 48 hours.
The DSCC and DNCC authorities on Sunday said that conservancy staff of both the city corporations would remove waste by Wednesday afternoon to keep the capital city clean and safe. But they missed the deadline.
Many residents alleged that the city corporation staff assigned to clean capital soon after slaughtering of animals were not found on the job leaving the cattle remains to stink the whole city out.
A resident of Shyamoli area, Zafar Ahmed, said litters of sacrificial animals were left in the street for hours as no DNCC staff came to clean those.
Locals of different city areas, including Mohammadpur and Khilgaon, alleged that the authorities are yet to complete the removal of waste of slaughtered animals.
“Stink has been spreading in the area. We feel discomfort as animal waste is lying here and there. Although some main roads were cleared, the inner roads in the mahallas are still with waste,” said Sohel Arman, a resident of Pallabi area.
While visiting a number of areas, it was found that pedestrians were walking along different lanes and by-lanes by putting hands or cloth on their nose to avoid bad smell of animal waste.
Officials of the city corporations said that nearly 13,000 staff of the conservancy departments of both the city corporations started removing waste of animals from all the city wards and localities from Eid afternoon.
Chief executive officer of DSCC Ansar Ali Khan said that a total of 5,884 conservancy workers including 684 hired staff, comprising a dozen from each of the 57 wards, were engaged in removing waste at all wards and localities under its jurisdiction.
He said, DSCC has been utilising 126 open trucks, 73 containers and 16 eco-friendly compact garbage removal vehicles under its special drive for removal of waste of sacrificial animals and the regular conservancy operation.
He also said, along with their own efforts, the Army, the Navy, Dhaka WASA and Orion Group, Akiz Group and Toma Group have come up extending their hands of assistance in the special conservancy drive providing with water browsers, pay-loaders and dump trucks for removal of garbage and blood-stain of sacrificial animals.
Ansar Ali Khan said, both the city corporations had been distributing a special type of airtight poly-bags for the first time to keep the waste of sacrificial animals to check environment pollution.
Besides, the DNCC officials said that they had been using a special type of spray to check spreading of foul odour.
They said that they had distributed a total of 25,000 special type airtight poly-bags among the people concerned of the temporary cattle markets, large residential quarters and apartment complexes for instant preservation of waste.
Sources said that a total of 7000 conservancy workers comprising 2700 of its own staff and nearly 4500 hired workers were engaged in the special conservancy drive to keep the areas under its jurisdiction clean.
The DNCC authorities have been utilising 170 open trucks, dump trucks, prime movers, pay loaders and long-trail vehicles for carrying of garbage and disposal of the same and waste of sacrificial animals in the dumping grounds.
Sources in both the City Corporations told that nearly 5000 metric tonnes of garbage usually stockpiles everyday in the capital city, which increases by five times to 20,000 metric tonnes with the waste of sacrificial animals during the days of Eid-ul-Azha.
