Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) claimed complete removal of sacrificial animal waste on the first day of Eid-ul-Azha, but later issued a clarification on Sunday afternoon stating that fresh waste had accumulated after late-night sacrifices, in response to media reports showing a different scenario.
In the statement, DNCC said that the claim of 100% waste removal was based on updated data as of 10:30pm on Saturday, the first day of Eid.
However, soon after the announcement, new sacrifices took place at various locations across the city, causing new waste to pile up.
The city corporation clarified that sanitation workers collected the newly generated waste during the night and temporarily stored it on roads and at Secondary Transfer Stations (STSs), before landfill transfer in the morning.
DNCC said that certain media reports published misleading images of waste at these temporary storage points, suggesting incomplete waste removal.
It also mentioned that the cleanup operations are still ongoing and will continue through Sunday and Monday, as residents generally continue sacrificial activities up to the third day of Eid, resulting in continuous waste generation.
The clarification followed the publication of photos and reports by various media outlets, showing sacrificial waste still present in several areas of the capital, despite DNCC’s earlier claim of full removal.
