DHAKA, July 9, 2022 (BSS) - Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) have taken massive programme for quick disposal of sacrificial animals and cattle market wastes.
 
“Cattle market waste disposal will begin from 11pm tonight.  Sacrificial animal waste removing programme will begin from Sunday at 2pm,”according to a DSCC release issued here today.
 
 A total of 9050 workers will be engaged in the waste disposal programme.
 
DSCC has opened a central control room at the Nagar Bhaban. The control room will work in three sessions round the clock and centrally coordinate the sacrificial animals and cattle markets waste disposal operation.
 
Officials and employees of different city corporation departments including its different divisional heads will also get engaged in the waste disposal programme.   
 
To supervise the waste disposal programme, ten waste disposal teams have been formed in ten DSCC regions led by the regional executive officials. The team will start work from tomorrow at 2pm.
 
The DSCC has supplied 1.20 lakh perishable bags for using in waste disposal programme, said DSCC official Abu Naser, adding, 28 tonnes bleaching powder and 205 gallons savlon have also been distributed among the city dwellers.
 
A total 353 vehicles of thirteen categories will be engaged in waste disposal programme.
 
As part of waste management operation, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has set a central control room at the Nagar Bhaban, said DNCC Mayor M Atiqul Islam.
 
“People have been asked to contact with the control room for waste disposal. If anyone contacts, steps will be taken immediately to remove waste,” said the DNCC Mayor.   
 
The control room numbers are 16106, 02-555052084, 0960-2222333.
 
The DNCC mayor told this to the journalists after visiting city’s Aftabnagar cattle market this noon.
 
 "I have a target to clean DNCC areas of sacrificial animal waste within 12 hours after Eid day. Each leaseholder of the haats (cattle markets) under DNCC must clean up the waste at the haats. If they fail to comply with the directive, they will be penalised by forfeiting their deposit money," Atiqul said while visiting the haats this noon.
 
"Since you have leased the cattle markets and are doing business, you can't leave the waste on the spot. That must be cleaned up by you," he told the leaseholders.
 
"Our monitoring teams are visiting the haats and reporting on the management there. Leaseholders who set up cattle markets outside their designated perimeter will have to pay more to the city corporation for doing so. Many have set up their markets far beyond the area they have been permitted to," the DNCC mayor added.
 
Replying to a query, Mayor Atiqul said pesticide spray to contain mosquito menace will not be carried out at the cattle markets until the haats are lifted.
 
"Once the haats are closed, we will conduct special drives in the haat areas to this end. About 10,000 cleaning staff of DNCC will be in the field. I think we will be able to clean up all waste under DNCC areas within 12 hours. I request all dwellers for their cooperation in this regard. We have provided you polythene bags. Please collect the waste in those bags and leave those in front of your houses, we will remove them from the spot starting from 10 o' clock," he said.