Daylong rain seen as boon
Litters of sacrificial animals dumped on the street in the capital await city corporation workers to get cleaned two days after the Eid-ul-Azha. The photo was taken from Pragati Sarani in Dhaka on Thursday.
Both city mayors of Dhaka claimed on Thursday that they successfully cleaned animal refuse from their respective areas of the city corporations within the declared 48 hours into slaughtering animals in the Eid-ul-Azha.
The continuous downpours on the Eid day mostly helped washing away the animal wastes, especially bloods, bone chips and parts of intestines from the city streets and lanes, said the dwellers.
The refuses of the animals in many areas, including Sadek Hossain Khoka playground at Dhalai Khal Pokurpar area under Dhaka South City Corporation were not taken care of, residents alleged.
They said they found parts of animal organs and bloods were mixed with the rain water and spreading odors.
Zakaria Shafique, a resident of China building lane at Azimpur said that due to poor drainage system, the animal refuse was moving very slowly and the entire area was stinking.
He claimed that no city corporation worker was seen spraying bleaching powder in the areas in the last two days after the Eid.
Dhaka south city mayor Sayeed Khokon at a press conference at Nagar Bhaban on Thursday said that they cleaned up animal wastes from the city within the set time with ‘well-coordinated’ efforts.
The mayor highly praised the role of the general people of the southern part of Dhaka, the cleaners of his mayoral administration and other officials of the city corporation for cleaning the streets and designated areas, successfully.
He also said that they transported over 19, 000 tonnes of waste by this time.
Dhaka north city mayor Annisul Huq also claimed that the animal refuses were removed successfully from all areas under his city constituencies before the set deadline. He said his staff and members of the cleaning contingent worked hard to accomplish the success.
As of Thursday noon, about 7,800 tonnes of garbage were taken to Amin Bazar land field, he said.
Huq said there were 196 spots to slaughter sacrificial animals under DNCC and that about 80 per cent animals were slaughtered in the designated areas.
Although the Eid-day rain was a blessing but it also caused water clogging at different places in the capital, resulting in rotting of parts of left-over carcasses and spreading foul smells at Ramna, Shantibagh and Shahjadpur areas.
Mohammad Zaman, a resident at Bashtala of Shahjadpur told New Age that he saw the city corporation workers cleaning the litters. ‘The rain tremendously helped us to wash away the bloods,’ he said.
Rabiul Islam, another resident at Katasur Housing of Mohammadpur area said animal wastes were taken care of due to active role of media and City Corporation officials.
Source: New Age