People not interested to use slaughtering spots

Senior Correspondent: Although the government has fixed some spots for slaughtering sacrificial animals during the Eid-ul-Azha to keep the capital clean, but city-dwellers are not interested to use those.

The roadside slaughtering of sacrificial animals has continued in and around the capital this year too as the Dhaka city authorities have failed to attract residents to use the designated spots to slaughter cattle.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) have been making the arrangements for last years to ease pollution through an effective waste management, but with little success.

The authorities did not make it mandatory that all sacrificial animals should be slaughtered at the designated spot of the respective area while many Dhaka residents said they did not even know that such spots exist.

Dhaka South City Corporation has fixed 520 spots while Dhaka North City Corporation 273 spots for slaughtering animals this year.

The city corporations kept an imam, a butcher, sheds and water at those spots.

It was noticed that very few cattle were slaughtered at the spots, but nearby streets were stained by blood as the citizens opted to sacrifice the animals at alleys and courtyards. Streets were blocked in some areas during slaughtering.

But during visit it was noticed the cleanliness awareness has increased among people.

 

risingbd/Dhaka/Aug 12, 2019/Hasan/Mukul