Busiest days: RWMC cancels leaves of sanitary workers for Eidul Azha duties

Company will deploy around 3,000 sanitary workers to clean up the city

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC) has cancelled holidays of sanitary workers and officials to ensure cleanliness during Eidull Azha days.

Eidul Azha is the busiest time of year for sanitary workers, as the city generates twice its average daily amount of waste on the day, said Manager Operation Dr Hamid Iqbal said on Friday.

“The company has finalised a comprehensive cleanliness plan for Eidul Azha to lift and dispose of entrails and offal of the sacrificed animals,” he said.

Iqbal said that dumpers, mini-dumpers, handcarts, and compactors would be part of the special drive to remove the remains from every nook and corner of the city.

RWMC will deploy around 3,000 sanitary workers in Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation areas to clean up the city after Eid slaughter.

“Collection points would also be set up for the convenience of the public at union council level and the residents have been directed to contact on Help line number 1139 about any complaints,” Iqbal said.

He also informed that 400,000 waste bags would be distributed among the residents for collecting animal offal, size of 20-22kg of small animals and 50kg for camel, buffaloes and others while hand carts would be used in the narrow streets where large size waste vehicles have no access ,he added.

He said after completion of the task, the area would be cleaned properly and sprayed.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 11^th, 2018.