KARACHI: Over 700,000 animals slaughtered during Eid
KARACHI, Feb 14: Over 700,000 animals were sacrificed in the city during the three days of Eid-ul-Azha.
According to a survey jointly conducted by some NGO’s and students of Karachi University, on the first day of Eid some 0.35 million sacrificial animals were slaughtered, 0.25 million animals were sacrificed on the second day and 0.15 million animals on the third.
The surveyors lauded the arrangements made by the city district government all the 18 town administrations and 178 union councils for the removal of offal and refuse.
Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Landhi and Jamshed towns remained on top for cleanliness and making arrangements for removal of offal and refuse from vast areas in their jurisdiction.
Liaquatabad and Korangi towns came second and Malir town was placed third number for cleanliness.
Nazimabad, Lyari and Saddar towns were placed fourth; Kemari, Baldia and Gadap were placed fifth and Bin Qasim, North Karachi and Shah Faisal were placed sixth for making cleanliness arrangements. The performance of SITE, Gulberg and Orangi towns was termed unimpressive. Both Gulshan and Jamshed towns also helped cooperative housing societies in removing offal.
DCO VISIT: More than 0.15 million offal of sacrificial animals in Saddar Town were removed and disposed of during the three days of Eid-ul-Azha.
The administration of Saddar Town had made effective arrangements for timely lifting of offal and maintaining best possible sanitary conditions.
Over 1200 sanitary staff lifted and transported the offal. The administration used hand-pushed trolleys to collect offal from narrow streets, compounds and congested localities.
DCO Karachi Mir Hussain Ali, accompanied by Nazim Saddar Town, Farooq Memon Fariya, and municipal officer Khalid Shaikh, visited various parts of the town and reviewed the arrangements for collection of offal.
The DCO expressed satisfaction over the arrangements made to maintain cleanliness in the town.
The DCO also visited Malir, Bin Qasim and Gadap towns to review cleanliness arrangements in the areas.
Residents of Malir Town complained to him that the number of machinery and vehicles were fewer than the need, due to which the pace of offal lifting was slow.
The DCO directed the contractor to increase the number of machinery and vehicles.
Later, he visited Burns Road and reviewed the cleanliness situation.—PPI/APP
