DCC to dispose of waste of three DU halls

14 July 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) yesterday took the responsibility of waste disposal management function of three student dormitories of the Dhaka University (DU), says a press release. The DCC will set 100 containers at the Jagannath Hall, Shamsunnahar Hall, Rokeya Hall and Faizunnesa hostel. The new compactor will collect the waste from 1:00pm to 2:00pm everyday from the dormitories. DU Vice chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique yesterday inaugurated the new waste disposal management function at the Teacher-Student Center (TSC) on campus. Speaking as the chief guest, Prof Siddique urged all to transform the cleanliness campaign into a social movement to make the society and environment neat and clean. Addressing the inaugural session, DCC Chief of Waste Disposal Management Capt Bipon Kumar Saha informed that a total of 1.2 crore permanent and 30 lakh mobile city-dwellers produce 4,200 tonnes of waste everyday. The DCC clears 55 percent of that and 'Tokais' collect the rest.