The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) on Wednesday distributed necessary safety gears to its cleaners for improving the safety and sanitation standard of the city's waste management.

All DCC cleaners of ward no 36 and 76, a total of 224 cleaners received the safety gears that include gloves, boots, masks, and first aid kits.

The initiative was taken under a DCC project titled 'Strengthening of Solid Waste Management (SSWM) in Dhaka City' which is being implemented with the support from Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA).

Chief Conservatory officer of DCC Maksudur Rahman Chowdhury distributed the equipments to the cleaners at Dainik Bangla crossing of ward 36 and Munir Hussain lane of Ward 76 here.

Commissioner of Ward 36 Abdur Rob, Commissioner of Ward 76 Makbul Islam Khan Tipu, Deputy Chief Adviser of Jica Riad JET and JICA expert Akio Ishii were also present on the occasion.

DCC has a plan to distribute safety gears including raincoats to its all cleaners in the Dhaka city, DCC officials said noting that the corporation has formulated a 'Clean Dhaka Master Plan' during 2003-05 for comprehensive improvement in the waste management in Dhaka city by 2015.