Sanitary workers keep cities clean

Staff worked till late night and completed the cleanliness operation

MULTAN/ SARGODHA: Exemplary cleanliness arrangements were made in the city during Eidul Azha, said Multan Division Commissioner Bilal Ahmed Butt while visiting various areas of the city to review cleanliness operation.

The Regional Police Officer Sultan Azam Taimuri and Assistant Commissioner Mubashirul Rehman accompanied him.  Butt said that more than 2,200 tons of offal of sacrificial animals was collected from the city on the first day of Eidul Azha.



Taimuri said that tight security arrangements were made on Eidul Azha to maintain law and order situation and no one would be allowed to collect animal hides illegally.

Throughout the three days, more than 950 sanitary workers were on duty, including company management staff who worked on the plan of action formed to collect animal waste organs and dispose of them efficiently. The staff worked till late nights and completed the cleanliness operation.

This was stated by Bahawalpur Waste Management Company Managing Director Muhammad Naeem Akhtar. While briefing on the successful cleanliness operation on the occasion of Eidul Azha, he said the staff of the company worked tirelessly to ensure proper cleanliness in the city and keep the city purged of animal waste organs.



He said that throughout the city almost 40 camps were set up where Union Council’s Sanitary Inspectors, along with sanitary workers, were present for timely collection and disposal of animal waste organs and other waste materials. Over 92 vehicles of the company took part in the cleanliness operation and transferred more than 2,000 tons of animal waste outside the city.

Earlier, the company ran an awareness campaign during which bags were distributed at over 100,000 houses and 400,000 awareness pamphlets were also distributed. Residents were provided with mobile numbers of all supervisory and operational staff so that they could contact staff easily. Besides, awareness lectures were organised at 100 private and government schools under the supervision of officials regarding cleanliness and the Congo virus, which spreads through animals.

 

With additional input from APP.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 5^th, 2017.