CDA finalises arrangements for offal disposal on Eid

The Sanitation Directorate of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) finalized arrangements for the collection and disposal of entrails, offal and carcasses of sacrificial animals in Islamabad during Eid-ul-Azha and general cleanliness on the occasion.
In this connection a review meeting chaired by CDA Chairman Tahir Shahbaz was held to review and finalize arrangements made by the Sanitation Directorate of CDA for the removal of offal, entrails and carcasses of sacrificial animals in the federal capital.
CDA’s administration member Munir Ahmed Chaudhry, Director General Civic Management Rawal Khan Maitla and other relevant officers were also present at the meeting. The chairman was informed that on the occasion, officials of the Sanitation Directorate would work round the clock in three shifts and holidays of the entire sanitation staff had been cancelled. Each and every street of all sectors of the city would be cleaned by workers on the occasion. The chairman was also informed that the city had been divided in five zones. Zone-I included E-7, F-5, F-6, F-7, G-5, G-6, G-7, Blue Area and Bari Imam. Zone-II consisted of sectors F-8, F-10, F-11, E-11, Golra Sharif and Faisal Mosque, where as Zone-III included G-8, G-9, G-10, G-11, and the Zone-IV included H-8, H-9, H-10, H-11, I-8, I-9, I-10, I-11. Areas in Zone-V included Model Town, Bahra Kahu, Highway, Model village, Shahzad Town, Rawal Town, Margalla Town and Humak.
At least 22 deep ditches would be dug on easily accessible locations for the proper disposal of offal. Lime powder would be sprinkled and applied to garbage trolleys and sacrificial places.
Two emergency cells would be constituted in the Fire and Sanitation Directorate G-6 office. DG Civic Management also briefed the chairman that around 2,500 staff and more than 100 vehicles would take part in the exercise.
Shahbaz directed the Sanitation Directorate to ensure cleanliness of the entire city on an emergency basis during Eidul Azha to avoid odour and related problems.
He also called upon citizens of the federal capital to cooperate with CDA’s staff and not to throw offal and other waste material in jungles, but to keep them in front of their houses so that sanitation workers could easily pick and dispose off the waste properly.