‘We must collect waste to build clean city’

Chattogram Bureau :

To make Chattogram city clean and livable, Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Dr. Shahadat Hossain has emphasized on ensuring regular waste collection from every house.

He clearly said that even if no agent or vendor works, the City Corporation’s cleaning staff will not sit still – they will have to go door to door and collect waste. At a meeting of the City Corporation’s cleaning department on Thursday, the mayor said, “Around two to two and a half thousand employees are engaged for door-to-door waste collection.

Their main responsibility is to go door to door and collect waste. Agencies or vendors are auxiliary forces, the main responsibility must be carried out by our employees.

“In order to make the cleanliness activities of the CCC more dynamic and effective, the Mayor directed the Mayor’s Personal Assistant MarufulHaque Chowdhury Maruf to work in coordination with Deputy Chief Cleaning Officer Pranab Kumar Sharma to regularly monitor the cleanliness activities of the corporation.

“To make Chattogram a clean and disciplined city, responsibility and honesty are necessary. I will not hesitate for a moment to take punitive action if there is negligence in duty.” Also present in the meeting were the Acting Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of CCC Md. Ashraful Amin, Malaria and Mosquito Control Officer Md. Sharful Islam Mahi, Deputy Chief Cleaning Officer Pranab Kumar Sharma, the Mayor’s Personal Assistant MarufulHaque Chowdhury (Maruf) and officers and employees of the cleaning department.