KARACHI, Jan 23: The city's cleanliness situation remained satisfactory during Eid holidays owing to timely lifting of offal by the sanitary staff of town municipal administrations.
However, heaps of garbage and leftover material of sacrificial animals which was dumped at roadsides remained littered in several localities, thereby creating an unhygienic condition, besides presenting an ugly sight to residents and passers by.
Various town municipal administrations in collaboration with union councils concerned had made arrangements for lifting and disposing of offal from their selected collection spots which they had set up in different union councils.
As most of the TMAs are short of refuse collecting vans they had hired vans for expeditiously lifting offal from their respective jurisdictions and disposing them of at garbage dumping grounds.
A spokesperson for the Gulshan town administration said that the town's staff had lifted a total of 95,000 offal till Sunday afternoon and buried them at a temporary garbage transfer station established by the town near Safoora roundabout for using them as fertilizer at some later stage.
"The town had saved a considerable amount under the head of fertilizer and diesel as the offal which was buried last year at the garbage transfer station had yielded good quality fertilizer worth Rs3 million," she added.
Meanwhile, Naib Nazim Tariq Hasan has said that animals more than any other city were slaughtered in Karachi but the sanitation and offal removal arrangements remained exemplary and worth appreciation in the cosmopolitan city, adds PPI.
While briefing newsmen at his residence about the sanitation arrangements, the naib nazim said that all this was the result of team work and arrangements made this year were even better than the previous year. He further said that this was evident from the fact that less number of complaints were received at the complaint centres this year.
Tariq Hasan announced that perfume would be sprayed in various areas of the city on Monday. DCO Fazlur Rehman, EDO Health Dr Nizamuddin, EDO Raesuddin Haider, Siddique Rathor and others were also present at the briefing.
Later, the governor, chief minister, adviser to chief minister on local bodies and home minister visited various towns to review the sanitation arrangements.
LANDHI TOWN: The Town Municipal Administration of Landhi claimed that 36 vehicles of the town and 60 hired vans were used to dispose off the garbage. About 60,000 offal of sacrificial animals were removed from the town's jurisdictions.
It further claimed that 60 maunds quicklime was sprinkled besides spray of germicides. The Landhi complaint centre received a total of 36 complaints and all were fully redressed.
SADDAR TOWN: As many as 300,000 offal were removed by Saddar town administration during the three days of Eid with the help of trucks, dumpers, tractors and bobcats.
According to the press release issued by the town administration on Sunday, Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad accompanied by Saddar Nazim Farooq Faria visited various parts of the town to inspect their general cleanliness.
Home Minister Abdul Rauf Siddiqui, Adviser for Local Bodies Waseem Akhtar, Naib Nazim Muhammad Tariq Hasan and DCO Fazlur Rehman were also present on the occasion.
JAMSHED TOWN: Like other town of Karachi, Jamshed town administration also remained active in cleanliness drive during the Eid days. A total of 165,000 offal were removed from various localities of the town during the three days of Eid.
Around 70,000 offal of sacrificial animals were disposed of on the first day of Eid while 55,000 and 40,000 offal were removed on the second and third day of Eid respectively.
LIAQUATABAD TOWN: Six hundred workers were hired on temporary basis by Liaquatbabad town administration to speed up the cleanliness task. The town administration claimed that a total of 218,000 offal were removed during the last three days.
