The Dhaka North City Corporation on Monday evening claimed that they had removed 100 per cent of the waste generated from sacrificial animals from all 54 wards, while the Dhaka South City Corporation cleaned those from 64 wards, out of its 75, within six hours.
In separate press releases on Monday, the city corporations announced that they cleaned these wards in six hours, starting from 2:00 pm on the day of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest religious festivals for Muslims.
The DNCC removed around 10,374 tonnes of animal wastes through 2,102 trips.
The DNCC mayor Atiqul Islam said, ‘The waste removal activity was completed within the preannounced six-hour timeframe because of the help of all concerned parties.’
He requested those who did not sacrifice their cattle on Monday to do so the following morning.
Meanwhile, the waste removal activities in DSCC wards of 01, 02, 04, 05, 07, 09, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19-41, 43-59, 61, 63-66, and 68-75 were completed by 8:00 pm.
The DSCC mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and the DNCC mayor Atiqul Islam inaugurated the waste removal works in separate programmes at about 2:00 pm.
Earlier, the DSCC mayor vowed to remove the waste within 24 hours on Eid day, while the DNCC mayor committed to completing the task within six hours.
More than 19,500 cleaners were deployed, with 10,257 working in areas under the DSCC and 9,337 in areas under the DNCC.
The two city corporations have introduced monitoring cells for waste removal activities.
DSCC residents have been requested to contact the control room at 01709900888 and 02223386014, while DNCC residents have been requested to dial 16106 if sacrificial animal waste is not removed in time.
