Wastage from sacrificial animals were seen on several city roads on Monday, the third day of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims.
Although some residents sacrificed their animals on Monday, wastage on several roads under both Dhaka South and Dhaka North City Corporations 鈥� including in Old Dhaka and Mirpur areas 鈥� remained uncleared since the first and second days of Eid.
During visits to roads, including Bangsal, Agasadek Road, Nazimuddin Road and Mirpur 2 between 11:00am and 1:00pm, mats used for meat cutting, cow hides, and other wastage were seen along the roadsides, which was spreading a foul odor.
Nahidul Islam, a resident of Block Cha in Mirpur-2 under DNCC, said, 'It鈥檚 been two days since Eid, but the city corporation has yet to clean the wastage. Mats and other garbage are still lying in front of our house, and they are now spreading odor.鈥�
'The wastages remained scattered across the road, and later on Monday, some local people gathered it at one side and sprayed water on the road,鈥� he added.
A local resident of Agasadek Road said that the wastages had been left there since Sunday.
On Saturday, both the DNCC and DSCC claimed to have removed all sacrificial animal wastage within 8.5 hours, by around 10:30pm on the first day of Eid.
However, the following morning, several media outlets published reports with photos showing that sacrificial wastage was still present in various areas of the capital.
In response to the media reports, the DNCC issued a statement the same day, claiming that the wastage seen in the media reports was fresh and had accumulated after late-night sacrifices.
In the statement, it clarified that sanitation workers collected the newly generated wastage during the night and temporarily stored it on roads and at Secondary Transfer Stations, before landfill transfer in the morning.
It also said that the cleanup operations will continue through Sunday and Monday, as residents generally continue sacrificial activities up to the third day of Eid, resulting in continuous wastage generation.
To tackle the clean-up effort, DSCC deployed around 10,000 cleaners along with 207 dump trucks, 200 mini trucks, and other cleaning equipment, aiming to remove about 30,000 tonnes of wastage within 12 hours.
Besides, DSCC distributed 1.4 lakh biodegradable bags, 40 tonnes of bleaching powder, and 222 gallons of disinfectant across its 75 wards.
Similarly, DNCC also deployed nearly 10,000 cleaners, 224 dump trucks, 381 pickup vans, and 24 payloaders to remove an estimated 20,000 tonnes of wastage.
DNCC provided 12.5 lakh polythene bags, 2,500 sacks of bleaching powder, and 4,000 cans of disinfectant.