Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has added five new container carrier trucks to strengthen its waste transportation capacity and speed up the removal of household waste from secondary transfer stations (STSs).
DNCC Administrator Md Shafiqul Islam Khan inaugurated the trucks at the city corporation’s transport depot at the proposed Gabtoli kitchen market on Sunday morning.
Speaking at the event, the DNCC administrator said there is currently no waterlogging in any area under the city corporation despite heavy rainfall, attributing the improvement to ongoing reforms and the implementation of effective measures.
“We have achieved considerable success in this regard,” he said.
He said the five container carrier trucks were introduced to facilitate the rapid removal of household waste and modernize waste management through secondary transfer stations (STSs).
“Another 10 container carrier trucks will be added in the future,” Shafiqul Islam Khan said.
The administrator said the DNCC was working continuously to make waste management easier, remove waste within a shorter time and provide city residents with a cleaner city.
He said the DNCC currently removes around 4,000 tonnes of waste from Dhaka every day using 180 to 200 vehicles.
“As part of our plan to provide improved services to city residents, five new container carrier trucks have been added to the waste management department today,” he said.
“These vehicles will enable us to remove waste more easily and quickly, providing relief to city residents,” he added.
The new heavy vehicles will be used to transport waste quickly and efficiently from secondary transfer stations under the city corporation.
Their addition is expected to increase the DNCC’s waste transportation capacity and enable waste to be taken to designated landfills within a shorter time.
The administrator also said the DNCC had begun work under the government’s 90-day special program to control dengue, with its officials and employees deployed in the field to implement the program.
Responding to questions from journalists about dengue, he said the DNCC was conducting regular cleanliness drives, destroying Aedes mosquito larvae, and carrying out mobile court operations and imposing fines as part of its dengue control activities.
“The dengue situation will come under control within the next three months,” he said.
After inaugurating the trucks, the administrator personally drove one of them to test its operation.
DNCC Chief Executive Officer Md Asaduz Zaman, Chief Waste Management Officer Humayun Kabir, Chief Engineer Brig Gen Rakib Hasan, Chief Health Officer Brig Gen M Imrul Kayes and other departmental officials of the city corporation were present at the event.
