DPT Desk: Several busy roads in the capital remains choked with dumped wastes with the authorities turning a blind eye, reports The New Age.
The upshot is traffic movement remains far from smooth on the busy Mirpur Road at Kalabagan, Agargaon-Mirpur Link Road, DIT Road at Malibagh, Atish Dipankar Road at Khilgaon, Shahid Sangbadik Selina Parvin Road at Moghbazar, New Eskaton Road, Begum Rokeya Sarani at Agargaon, Gulistan Square to Jatrabari Road, Tipu Sultan Road and the Dholaikhal New Road.
Wastes dumped by residents and city corporation’s waste collectors often clog sewage pipelines as well as drains.
Company executive Ahmed Shahin of Khilgaon said that wastes regularly dumped on the ever busy Atish Dipankar Road made the nearby neighbourhoods unfit for human habitation.
People living around the crossing where the Tipu Sultan Road meets Dholaikhal New Road find the area hazardous for public health due to perennial waste dumping on the busy intersection.
Yasmin Akhter, housewife from the Bangsal area said that she and her eight year old daughter have keep their noses covered when she takes her to Suritola Model Govt Primary School.
Dhaka South City Corporation’s superintendent engineer for waste management Abu Saleh Md Main Uddin told New Age that dust bins had been placed here and there in old Dhaka as they could not be provided everywhere due to lack of space.
Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan general secretary Muhammad Abdul Matin said that household garbage laced with chemicals made the capital one of the most polluted city.
The capital produces over 4,500 tonnes of household waste daily, but the two city corporations have the capacity to dispose of less than 50 per cent of it, revealed a recent study.
Urban planner and architect Iqbal Habib called for using structured waste management system for better results.
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