The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Speakers at a workshop here on Sunday stressed the need for keeping the capital city clean and urged its dwellers to extend their all-out cooperation to the cleaners of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) in this regard.

They said the DCC with cooperation of JICA has been working since 2000 to bring an overall improvement in the city's waste management system as the 'Clean Dhaka Master Plan' launched in 2005 is to be implemented by the year 2015.

The workshop titled "Safety and Sanitation" was organized by the DCC with the slogan "Clean Dhaka."

Chief Conservancy Officer of DCC Commander Maksudur Rahman Chowdhury, Additional Chief Conservancy Officer Dewan Md Shah Alam, Chief Adviser of the expert delegation of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Nayoki Hara, DCC's Assistant Health Officer Dr Sanjida, JICA's local staff Shariful Alam and Cleanliness Inspectors Aminur Rahman Biswas and Abdul Motaleb addressed the workshop.

They said the "Clean Dhaka" project started last year for implementing the master plan by creating peoples' awareness about garbage, its primary and secondary collection as well as financial management and operation of the overall activities.

Commander Maksudur Rahman Chowdhury said the DCC has been taking proper care of the health of its cleaning workers. They will be given health cards soon to help them get treatment services from the city's health centers, he said.

Besides, Chowdhury said, 6,000 rain coats will be distributed among the cleaning workers. He asked them to clean the city's drains on time to help solve the water logging caused by the rainwater.

The Chief Conservancy Officer also said that the DCC would buy five road sweepers to remove dusts and garbage from the main streets and five large vehicles for carrying garbage to the outer places.

Nayoki Hara said a JAICA expert team arrived here to help improve Dhaka's waste management system by mainly keeping the capital city clean.