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Solid waste- a threat to the city dwellers
Sir, The solid waste management scenario of Dhaka City frustrates and disappoints us. Though Dhaka is considered as a megacity, its development Infrastructure especially in respect of solid waste management is very poor. The population of the city at present Is more than 10 million and they contribute more than 4,500 tons of solid waste per day. Undoubtedly the quantity is huge. Due to the socio-economic state of the country It Is Indeed a bit quizzical to handle the situation properly. To our dismay even the concerned agency and authority Is reluctant and negligent to confront the situation.
Intrusion of solids like polythene bags, extracts of fruits and vegetables, bones of fishes and meat and other different types of solid matters block the water and drainage system of the city causing sewerage overflow. Such overflow in roads and streets cause Immense sufferings to the city dwellers by damaging roads, creating traffic Jam. annoying the pedestrians,
polluting air etc which may also cause different viral diseases and contaminate surface water.
It has been reported in a study (Improved Sanitation Study) done by the consultant of Dhaka WASA that a sample of water taken from a deep tube well at Jatrabari has shown BOD lOmg/lltcr. The study reveals that It had been resulted from dumping of solid waste near that particular tube well and which Is threatening for the ground water.
Due to maladministration, the task of collecting wastes from each house as well as from the particular dustbins are not done properly or adequately. Usually solid waste here In Dhaka is dumped in an openyard by the side of roads which causes pollution and nuisance for the inhabitants of the nearby locality.
Solid waste disposal, therefore, needs to be addressed efficiently. Solid wastes can also be utilised to produce bio gas. Such effort will surely Improve acute energy shortage problem of the city to a certain extent.
One should dispose solid waste In due manner Instead of throwing them here and there. Mass awareness is a very Important factor to bring the
issue under control. And the media should play an active role In raising awareness in terms of understanding and addressing the Importance of the issue. In short, mass awareness can play a vital role in managing solid waste efficiently. In order to create awareness among people at all level, the concern agency/authority should prepare, execute and evaluate mass-awareness-program in collaboration with the representatives of the city dwellers.
Abdul Muqueet Ex Chief Engineer. Dhaka WASA
''Education for All"
Sir, In the DS (June 30) 3-page supplement on "Education for AH", the experts at the Roundtable provided a lot of background information to the readers on the state of school education tn Bangladesh.
It appears that most of the negative and positive factors had been well analysed during the years, and are available to the government for the formulation of the proper national education policy. But things arc
Just not ticking from the implementation point of view. The adopted policies look well on paper, but the bug is top-down management of the education sector. The political will is much talked about, but the hollowness inside is apparent, even to the experts in the sector.
Education is not a politically sensitive issue, but all regimes had been grappling with it; although Bangladesh has made some outstanding progress in setting up a network which is not available In many LDCs. But the concentration and priority are suffering and the final push for integrated takeoff is not there.
To generate the latter motivation. the government policy drafts must be debated publicly.(in JS and outsidelfor generating further feedback, and add one vital ingredient— the sense of participation at all levels of education, by the operators and the users. Perhaps further national deliberations would be taken up by the next regime, as the general election is round the corner.
A Guardian Dhaka