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DCC waste management work brought under one unit

Staff Correspondent
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has formally changed the name of its conservancy unit to waste management department, bringing all waste management work of Dhaka city undents fold.
Dhaka mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka made the announcement yesterday at a ceremony jointly organised by DCC and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) at the Bangladesh China FriendshipConferenceCentre.
Earlier, solid waste management services were provided by v.iriousdepanmentsofthecityand required much effort and time to
coordinate their activities.
The resources in terms of manpower, equipment and financing now will all be put under the waste management department, which will be entirely dedicated to provide a single service.
DCC Mayor Khoka, speaking as the chief guest, said a better and developed service would be delivered to city dwellers now due to establishment of this department.
DCC has also taken up some pragmatic and modern programmes with the cooperation of JICA like settingup of a landfill at Matuail, he informed the guests.
According to JICA, after 20 years
of dumping waste at the Matuail landfill, the place will not be abandoned but used for other purpose -- like setting up of a park.
Residential representative of JICA Bangladesh Nobuko Suzuki Kayashima. who attended the programme as special guest, said the setting up of a dedicated waste management department was a suggestion made by JICA in the master plan for Dhaka.
Md Alauddin, chief executive officer of DCC, told the meet that DCC has asked JICA to continue their cooperation so that a modern waste management programme can be run by DCC.
Project director of the sanitary
landfill Tariq Bin Yousuf said the waste management department has identified a number of initial tasks that will be given priority for implementation.
These include primary collection and secondary collection processes, training on safe working conditions for cleaners, strengthening of zone and ward offices for sweeping of streets, drain cleaning, waste collection and transportation, improvement of collection and transportation vehicle operation, promotion of communitv based solid waste management and handling of industrial, commercial and institutional waste etc.