Editorial
The remains of the day
Eid waste disposal efforts commendable
The Dhaka City Corporation has made a laudable effort towards animal waste disposal following Eid-ul-Azha this year, a time when the streets are usually covered in blood and animal waste for days, the stench of which draws more birds and animals which hover around the debris.
A week before Eid, both Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) distributed environment-friendly sacks for waste collection and disposal along with bleaching powder at the city's cattle markets, for free or at a nominal price. Alongside the city's 8,500 regular garbage collectors, an additional 2,000 were deployed, along with extra vehicles and equipment for cleaning up the city within a promised 48 hours starting on the afternoon of Eid day. While the capital for the most part seems to be clean enough, complaints have been received from certain areas, especially narrow streets and lanes, which are yet to be cleaned. In an interactive effort, however, the authorities have given a phone number for people to call with their complaints, after which cleaners will be sent to the area.
Here we also applaud the people for their cooperation in the drive and their personal efforts to keep the city clean, without which the authorities by themselves would have been left in a tight spot. Whereas some 6,000 tonnes of waste are generated daily in the capital, the first day of Eid-ul-Azha results in an additional 24,000 tonnes of waste being generated, not a small feat for the city authorities to counter in terms of disposal. Thus we congratulate them on their efforts which have been successful for the most part and hope that the rest of the cleaning work will be completed soon and that the city will be even better prepared in future years to deal with the task.
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