Ctg door-to-door waste collection begins tomorrow

To make Chittagong a “green and clean” city, the door-to-door garbage collection by Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) is going to begin tomorrow in seven wards, out of 41.

CCC Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin had inaugurated the first phase of the project to collect and remove garbage in seven wards through distributing bins among two housewives at the city's Barik Mia High School on August 1.

The CCC conservancy workers were, later, supposed to go door-to-door to collect waste in Pashchim Sholoshahar, Shulokbahar, Bagmonirum, Enayetbazar, Uttar Pathantuli, Al-karan and Gosaildanga areas after distributing the bins, CCC sources said.

But the authorities could not do so at that time due to various reasons, said Shaibal Das Suman, chairman of CCC Waste Management Standing Committee. Now, the garbage collection and removal will go on from 3:00pm to 10:00pm everyday, he said.

About two lakh bins were distributed in the households, shops and markets in the areas, Suman said. Magistrates will monitor the project and take legal actions if waste is dumped here and there, he said. The open dustbins of these wards will be removed gradually, he further said.

Moreover, about 99 percent of bin distribution has already been completed in 10 more wards, he said, adding that waste collection in those areas will begin on January 15.

“Our target is to bring all the 41 CCC wards under this initiative by March, 2017,” Suman said.  Co-operation from the city dwellers is required to make the initiative a success, he further said. Under this initiative, CCC conservancy workers will collect garbage from all households, shops and markets then dump those on the designated dumping grounds by trucks, said CCC Chief Conservancy Officer Shafiqul Mannan Siddique.