DCC distributes waste disposal sacks for eid
Dhaka city corporations for the first time are distributing environment-friendly sacks among the city people for a systematic collection and disposal of the waste of slaughtered animals on the occasion of Eid-ul Azha.
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is distributing them free of cost but Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) charges Tk 15 for each sack, which can accommodate around 40kg of waste.
Chief Waste Management Officer of DSCC Md Anamul Haque said the sack was given during the payment of Hasil (charge buyers pay on the purchasing price of cattle).
Around half a kilogramme bleaching powder is also given with each bag, he said.
"If people keep the waste of slaughtered sacrificial animals into the sack, the workers of DSCC will be able to collect it easily," he said.
Anamul said they would provide 60,000 sacks each to all the 10 cattle markets under DSCC.
An official concerned of DNCC, Misbahul Karim, said they would distribute one lakh sacks through the authorities of 10 cattle markets taking a nominal price of Tk 15 for each.
Fifty thousand sacks will be given through Gabtoli cattle market, while 30,000 pieces through nine other makeshift cattle markets under DNCC, he said. Around 20,000 sacks will be kept reserved for emergency distribution, he added.
"We will also distribute 6 tonnes of bleaching powder to different areas of DNCC through our staff."
Around three lakh sacrificial animals are usually slaughtered on the day of Eid-ul-Azha in the capital, generating around 24,000 tonnes of additional garbage that day, said Anamul.
Every day DSCC produces 4000 tonnes of garbage while DNCC generates 2000 tonnes, according to the officials of the city corporations.
Apart from the initiatives, the city corporations will deploy an additional 2000 workers each to collect the extra waste alongside their existing 8,500 garbage collectors and will use water trucks to wash blood-stained streets on the eid day.
The additional workforce of DSCC will start working from today (Tuesday) to remove waste from the cattle markets, while the DNCC's will start working on the eid day noon.
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