Drone surveillance ensures post-Eid cleanup
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The Punjab government surpassed its province-wide cleanliness operation target for the first day of Eidul Azha, claiming to have achieved 103 per cent completion of the task.
According to a statement, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz monitored the cleanliness and security operations digitally. All commissioners, deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners remained in the field despite extreme heat to supervise the work.
Safe City Authority cameras were used for monitoring Eid congregations in all cities.
Drone cameras were extensively used to ensure security during the gatherings.
Mosques and Eidgahs across the province were cleaned from Chand Raat onwards and major roads were washed. The Eid prayer venues were also perfumed with rose essence.
Animal waste and remains identified in densely populated areas, narrow streets and markets through drone surveillance were removed immediately.
Workers of the Suthra Punjab programme visited every household and sacrificial site to collect offal and waste before evening and transported it to designated collection points.
More than 120,000 tonnes of waste was collected on the first day, while Suthra Punjab covered over 1.881 million kilometres of area. More than 1,000km of roads across the province were washed and cleaned.
Over 12.5 million biodegradable plastic bags were distributed for disposal of sacrificial waste.
Rural areas also witnessed removal of animal waste.
The cleanliness operation also continued in remote areas of South Punjab, including Taunsa and Mailsi.
A total of 1,200 sacrificial sites were cleaned on the first day.
Despite the extremely hot weather, officers and Suthra Punjab workers remained actively engaged in neighbourhoods.
In Toba Tek Singh, Kasur, Okara, Bahawalnagar and other cities, the operation cleanup that began during the last hours of the night continued uninterrupted. Extensive cleanliness arrangements were also made at Eidgahs in Sialkot, Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang and Lodhran. After the cleaning, lining and decorative patterns were made with lime in mosques.
Drone cameras had been deployed in streets and suburban areas across the province to check animal waste and offal during the cleanliness activities.
Monitoring of the cleanliness operation through surveillance cameras continued in Bahawalpur, Muzaffargarh, Pakpattan and Dera Ghazi Khan, along with several other cities, including Chiniot, Gujrat, Faisalabad, Rahim Yar Khan.
As soon as waste and remains were detected through drone surveillance, Suthra Punjab teams immediately reached the site and cleared the area.
The monitoring also continued through Safe City Authority cameras installed at major roads and markets.
Collection points and dumping sites were also monitored through drones and cameras, while the performance of Suthra Punjab workers and vehicles was reviewed on a real-time basis.
The live monitoring system had been activated for what was described as the province's largest cleanup operation.