PESHAWAR: Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) has finalised Eidul Azha operation plan, deploying 3,563 personnel to collect offal and remains of sacrificial animals, using 707 small and large vehicles.

The plan was finalised during a meeting chaired by the company’s chief executive officer Yasir Ali Khan.

General manager operations Mohammad Ijaz, zonal managers, and other officials were in attendance, according to a statement issued here on Wednesday.

Regular water supply operations will continue as usual, while the civic body’s complaint cell will remain active 24/7.

Eidgahs will also be cleaned before the Eid prayers.

Under the operational plan, 669 staff members would be deployed in Zone A, 1,100 in Zone B, 829 in Zone C, 487 in Zone D, and 478 in Zone E.

The meeting was told that leaves of both operational and administrative staff had been cancelled, and all personnel would be on duty during the three days of Eid. Monitoring teams have been formed at each zonal level.

The staff will collect offal and remains from streets and neighbourhoods of 42 union councils and transfer them to 17 designated collection points, including Funland, Ring Road Plot, Sabrina Gulbahar, Science College Chowk, Bahadur Kalay Umar Road, District Council Nauthia Qadeem, Kotla Mohsin Khan Graveyard, Tajabad Graveyard, Gulabad, Charmaro Road, Bahadur Kalay near Ring Road, Usmania Town Ring Road, Science College, and Phandu Road. Staff will take waste in large vehicles to dumping site, where it will be buried in a pit measuring 200 feet long, 125 feet wide, and 13 feet deep.

The staff has been equipped with tools, and 400kg of biodegradable plastic bags have been distributed among those performing sacrifices to safely pack the offal.

An awareness campaign is also ongoing with the help of religious scholars and elected representatives to educate people about disposing of offal at designated points.

Lime and disinfectants have been purchased, and coordination has been established with district administration and other relevant departments.

Five temporary transfer stations have been set up, and all machinery and vehicles will be used in the operation. Standby vehicles and staff have also been arranged to handle any emergency situation.

The WSSP management has appealed to the public not to throw animal waste in streams, undesignated areas, or in streets and alleys.

Instead, they should place the offal in bags provided by WSSP and leave them outside their homes or take them to designated collection points so the staff can safely collect them.

CEO Yasir Ali directed zonal officials to provide water, food, and other basic necessities to the staff during the operation.

Published in Dawn, June 5th, 2025