Both city corporations of Dhaka have successfully cleaned around 29,000 tonnes of waste, from households and of sacrificial animals, from the capital in 48 hours between Wednesday and Friday noon.

Till yesterday afternoon, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) cleaned around 11,500 tonnes of waste while Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has cleaned up 17,500 tonnes of waste.

The credit goes to the city corporation officials and workers who toiled relentlessly to clear up dung, blood and unused parts of animals and kept the city clean and stench-free.

Md Shamsuddin, a wholesaler of rawhides at Posta, said that the area used to remain messy after Eid-ul-Azha as hides from different parts of the capital were brought there.

“This year the scenario is different. On the second day of Eid, workers cleaned the area well,” he said, expressing his gratitude to the DSCC.

This correspondent even found the dumpsters of the area cleaned.

Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, an assistant chief waste management officer of DNCC, said that after cleaning the waste of sacrificial animals on the roads, they paid attention to the cattle markets where huge amounts of waste was produced.

“Today [Friday] we've removed waste from Bosila [temporary] cattle market, using 42 trucks. Each truck transported around 10 tonnes of waste,” he said.

DNCC's Additional Waste Management Officer Abul Hasnat Md. Ashraful Alam, in a text message, said that they removed around 11,435 tonnes of waste till yesterday afternoon.

DSCC's Additional Waste Management Officer Khandokar Millatul Islam said, “We've removed around 17,500 tonnes of waste, including households', in the last 48 hours.”

DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokon launched the clean-up at Kawartek cattle market, near Dholaikhal area, on Wednesday noon. DNCC Panel Mayor Jamal Mostafa inaugurated the activities at Uttara Sector 15.

As many as 21,000 cleaners of the city corporations started removing waste of sacrificial animals in the capital on August 22 noon.

At a press briefing on Thursday, Khokon said, “We have achieved 90 percent success.”

Jamal Mostafa, in a separate press briefing, said that people of Dhaka were more responsible in keeping the city clean this Eid.

Both DSCC and DNCC cancelled Eid holidays of their employees to clean up waste of sacrificial animals within the shortest possible time.