“I’ve visited the city and spoken to people. There are no wastes in the main part of the city,” he told reporters while launching the clean-up work at a cattle market at Uttara on Tuesday afternoon.
Huq also praised the citizens for their awareness in keeping the city clean. “They citizens and councillors have been proactive. That’s why 70 percent areas of the city are already clean.”
“We had set a 48-hour deadline. But I think all wastes will be cleaned long before it.”
The mayor said the city corporation had distributed 250,000 polythene bags and sold 80,000 for waste removal.
Apart from the permanent one at Gabtoli, the DNCC had approved eight other temporary cattle markets.
The authorities also designated 648 spots for slaughtering cattle and supplied waste-cleaning materials, Huq said.
Many areas on this side of the capital were also found cleaned up. Residents were seen removing the wastes in front of their homes on their own.
The DNCC has deputed 3,230 cleaners for the operation and they will use 130 trucks, 16 dumpers, eight pay-loaders and other equipment and vehicles to clean the wastes.
Officials say during this Eid, sacrificed animals will produce around 9,000 tonnes of wastes.
