City corporation will collect garbage from new bins: DNCC administrator

The larger garbage bins will be distributed to temples, markets, and educational institutions in stages

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has inaugurated a “waste segregation” programme to modernise waste management and build a clean city.

DNCC Administrator Md Shafiqul Islam Khan launched the programme by distributing waste segregation bins and polythene bags at a programme organised at the Gulshan Society Jame Mosque in Dhaka at 11am on Monday.

Speaking at the programme, the administrator said: “To keep the city clean, we want to take waste management to such a level that waste will be in the garbage bins, and the city corporation will collect that waste from these garbage bins.”

He lamented that many city residents still litter on the streets due to lack of awareness.

New garbage bins will be installed in various public places, including mosques, educational institutions, markets, etc to increase public awareness and ensure waste management, he said.

The programme has officially started on its journey through the event at the Gulshan Society Jame Mosque, Shafiqul said.

He added that the bins will be rolled out to temples, and other markets, and educational institutions in phases.

“We also plan to engage different ‘societies’ in this awareness campaign,” he said.

Regarding the dengue situation, Shafiqul said that necessary preparations have already been made to kill mosquitoes and combat the disease. An awareness campaign is underway across the city and this campaign will continue in all 54 wards until the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.

Seeking cooperation and suggestions from city residents, he said: “You will encourage good work, and criticise mistakes. However, along with criticism, give suggestions so that we can correct these mistakes and provide better services in the future.”

In his welcome speech at the event, DNCC Chief Waste Management Officer Commodore Humayun Kabir said initiative from the city corporation alone is not enough to build a clean city.

Everyone, including individuals and institutions that produce waste, must be equally responsible, he said.

Laying special emphasis on “source segregation” or waste separation at source as the basis of waste management, he said: "The process of separation must start from where the waste is being generated. Only then will recycling or waste removal be easy."

At the end of the discussion meeting, the DNCC administrator officially handed over waste separation bins and bags to the Gulshan Society Jame Masjid authorities.

Gulshan Society President Omar Sadat, prominent figures in the organisation, and DNCC officials were present at the event.