City corporations start removal of sacrificial waste in Dhaka

The Dhaka North City Corporation and the Dhaka South City Corporation have started removing the wastes of sacrificial animals in the city on Eid day.

Dhaka North Mayor Atiqul Islam inaugurated the waste removal programme at Mirpur Section-2 at 2pm today (17 June).

The Dhaka North City Corporation has deployed more than 10,000 sanitation workers to manage the cleanup of sacrificial animal waste within six hours.

“All Councilors and DNCC officials are in the field. I will visit ward by ward. I request the residents of the city to help our cleaners. Call the hotline number 16106 and inform about the waste. Action will be taken from the control room,” said the mayor after inaugurating the waste removal programme.

“I call upon you [Dhaka residents] to sacrifice animals by today. If not possible, complete the sacrifice by tomorrow morning, then we will be able to clean the city quickly,” he added.

As of 5pm today, 100% waste removal has been completed in 16 wards of Dhaka North City Corporation. These wards are: 3, 7, 15, 18, 19, 20, 29, 31, 32, 33, 39, 46, 47, 48, 51, and 54.

Meanwhile, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said the corporation will be able to remove sacrificial animal waste well before the 24-hour target it set.

Inaugurating the cleaning programme this afternoon, the Dhaka South mayor said the Dhaka South City Corporation workers began their work earlier, instead of waiting until 2:00pm.