800 sanitary workers, 22 supervisors on duty today

Cleanliness campaign would kick off at 6am today and continue till July 23

RAWALPINDI:

The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has finalised a comprehensive plan for Eidul Azha to dispose of entrails and offal of sacrificial animals

According to the RCB, 800 sanitary workers, 22 sanitary supervisors and four public health officers would perform duty in Cantt areas during Eid holidays.

According to an RCB spokesman, a comprehensive cleanliness plan has been put in place for Eidul Azha under which all available resources would be utilised to accomplish the task.

The cleanliness campaign would kick off at 6am on July 21 and continue till July 23. Over 144 vehicles, including dumpers, tractor trolleys, pickups, compactors, trucks, excavators, with many hand-carts would be used to remove the garbage, entrails of animals and offal from all cantonment areas.

He said that teams would be equipped with vehicles, handcarts and barrows to get access to areas inside narrow streets. The workers will collect animals’ waste from inner streets and shift them to roads where it would be picked up by mini-dampers every three hours. This waste would be dumped outside the city’s remits.

The spokesman said that the cantonment board had been divided into six sectors to while a main control room/complaint cell would also be set up in the RCB office besides setting 10 complaint cells in 10 wards of the board.

Banners have also been displayed in all the wards with phone numbers of complaint cells and sanitary supervisors. The citizens could also contact on 111-07-07-07 and 051-9274421 to 051-9274423 for registration of complaints.

He further said all the wards would have a separate sanitary inspector in charge to clear the area effectively and the performance of the field staff would also be monitored strictly. The Eid holidays of all the sanitary workers of RCB had been cancelled while officials of the department concerned would be on duty to ensure cleanliness during the Eid days.

The staff of the water supply department of RCB would also be on duty during Eid holidays, he said and added that the board had also made cleanliness arrangements for 27 temporary ‘Ijtamai Qurbani’ points.

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The spokesperson said that over 25,000 garbage bags had been distributed among the residents, adding, 10 garbage transfer points would also be set up in different areas. He urged the citizens to cooperate with the sanitary workers and dump entrails of the sacrificial animals and offal at specific collection points from where these could be removed properly.

He said that after completion of the cleaning task and removal of offal, all collection points and other areas would be cleaned and sprayed. A special rain emergency cell would also work round the clock during Eidul Azha holidays, he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 21^st, 2021.