Whose job is it, anyway?
The refreshing greenery and ambience at the entrance of Nagar Bhaban of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is so soothing that it will welcome you inside.
But if you walk into the building and go to the toilets, you might be shocked to discover that most of the toilets for visitors' use are in a miserable condition.
“They are guardian of city's waste management, but their own toilets are unusable,” said Jasim Uddin, a city dweller who went there on Tuesday for obtaining a trade licence.
Only a few yards away of the chief estate officer's room on the third floor, there are two separate public toilet compartments for both males and females. Floor of the male toilet was found littered with urine and dust. Stench was coming out of it. Only one urinal was useable whereas the toilet seat was found missing.
Another visitor Shihab Uddin said, “The mayor inaugurates beautiful public toilets in front of the media, but he is ignorant of his own place.”
“The situation has remained the same for a while,” said Shihab, who visits Nagar Bhaban quite often.
In the last two budgets, DSCC allocated Tk 2 crore for the maintenance of Nagar Bhaban and there are 60 cleaners who are assigned to look after the toilets of the 15-storied building.
The toilet compartment on the west side of the fifth floor was found very unhygienic. Of the three basins, taps of two were found broken. Someone spit leftover of beetle leaf on a basin, leaving stains on it.
A toilet which was apparently clean had a broken door whereas another toilet was filled with rubbish and was completely unusable.
The offices of DSCC's executive officer of zone-1 and waste management, which are situated in the same building, are supposed to look after the maintenance and cleaning of toilets.
Contacted, Mohammad Sanaul Huq, executive officer of zone-1, said if anyone complains of anything broken, we will repair it. Chief Waste Management Officer Commodore MK Bakhtiar said, “We'll look into the matter.”
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