Both Annisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon have claimed that blood and waste of the animals were removed from all areas in Dhaka ‘on time’.
Prior to the holidays, the city corporations had set 48 hours, starting from Eid day on Friday morning when the sacrifices began, to finish the clean-up of the city.
DCC South Mayor Huq said that the citizens helped them clean the blood and waste in areas under his administration in 27 hours.
However, DCC North Mayor Khokon said only the waste at the cattle markets in his areas remained to be cleaned.
They briefed the media separately at their city corporation offices on Sunday.
Huq said, “We were able to give the citizens a ‘comparatively clean Dhaka’ with everyone’s help. The citizens felt a bit of comfort at least.”
“Though we had set a 48-hour deadline, the wastes were removed within 27 hours,” he said.
He thanked the city corporation staff, councillors and citizens for their contribution for achieving the success.
The DCC North mayor said vacations of the city corporation officials and staff were cancelled to ensure better service during Eid.
“Many citizens who did not go to the government-designated slaughtering spots had washed the blood and wastes by themselves. That helped us hugely,” Huq added.
The government had designated 538 slaughtering spots in both city corporations, but the initiative failed to get much response from the people.
“Wastes at the cattle markets will be cleaned by tonight (Sunday),” he added.
He said around 16,000 tonnes of wastes were cleaned since Friday.
“Animals have been sacrificed for three days of the Eid. Wastes of the first two days have been removed on time,” the DCC South mayor said.
The wastes of the third day, Sunday, would be cleaned as soon as possible, he added.
Regarding the poor response to the designated slaughtering grounds, Khokon said, “We were flexible this time for the people’s sake. But we’ll take measures to implement the initiative next time.”
