Green activists urge Dhaka mayors

Staff Correspondent

Environmental activists at a human chain yesterday urged the two Dhaka city corporation mayors to clean up waste within 24 hours of slaughtering sacrificial animals during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.

The city is already suffering from a dengue outbreak. If waste is not cleaned properly and timely, it may create a risk of spreading various communicable diseases, they added.

Eleven environmental organisations, including Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa), organised the event in front of Nagar Bhaban in Gulistan.

Activists also demanded that the city corporations stop people from setting up cattle markets at undesignated places, clean up waste from the markets daily and increase the number of designated slaughtering spots.

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