Two days after Eid-ul-Azha, cleaners of the two Dhaka City Corporations have already cleared the waste out from the legal and illegal cattle markets in the capital but dustbins are still filled with piles of garbage from three days of animal sacrifice.
City dwellers complained of bad smells coming off the garbage from slaughtered animals in the dustbins.
Mithun Jaman, a resident of Shekhertek Mohammadpur, told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday that roads in that area had already been cleaned by the city corporation, but dustbins were still filled with garbage and the stench had filled the area, causing immense suffering for the locals. The authorities should take immediate steps to remove the garbage from the dustbins, he said.
The two city corporation chiefs had announced a day before eid that they would be able to clean up the city within 48 hours starting from eid day at noon.
The authorities of the two corporations yesterday claimed their cleaners had already removed the waste from animal sacrifice from the cattle markets and roads.
DNCC Chief Waste Management Officer Bipan Kumar Saha told the Dhaka Tribune: “We have closed our special cleaning drive, which used modern equipment, at 1pm. We have already cleaned the waste animals from the cattle markets and roads. Our normal cleaning process is ongoing now.”
When asked about the garbage in dustbins in Mohammadpur, he said the dustbins had already been cleaned.
“If any dustbin has garbage, people should contact the DNCC and the authorities will take immediate measures to remove the garbage,” he added.
DSCC Chief Waste Management Officer SM Javed Iqbal told the Dhaka Tribune that the cleaning in the cattle markets and roads was almost done.
“We had a target of cleaning up the city within 48 hours. Our work started at 2pm on eid day. So far, we have finished cleaning the waste from cattle markets and roads,” he said.
The DCC south has already started the special drive and used of advanced equipment to remove the garbage as soon as possible, he said.
“Our normal cleaning process is also ongoing.”
“We will continue our special drive today as many citizens have been sacrificing their cattle on the second and third day of eid,” he added.
The DSCC deployed 5,200 permanent and around 4,000 hired cleaners and the DNCC deployed 2,600 permanent and 4,900 hired cleaners for Eid-ul-Azha. The corporations cancelled eid holidays for their waste management staff.