Animal Sacrifice
People need to be aware of keeping city clean
Poba roundtable told
A makeshift market of sacrificial animals occupies a portion of Dhaka-Chittagong highway in the capital's Shonir Akhra. Though there is an instruction of the authorities concerned not to set up any such markets on roads, the directive goes unheeded. If any strict measures are not taken, the market there might contribute to traffic jam on the busy road and worsen sufferings of the home-bound passengers ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Amran Hossain
Environmentalists yesterday stressed the need for public awareness and strong monitoring to ensure that people follow proper process of animal sacrifice in Eid-ul-Azha to keep the city clean.
Speaking at a roundtable, they urged the two Dhaka city corporations to allocate adequate places for slaughtering across the city and introduce punishment for those who will not slaughter animals at those places.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Poribesh Bachao Andolan (Poba) organised the roundtable on waste management during Eid-ul-Azha at its office in the capital, a press release said.
They also called upon the city corporations to clean animal wastes within a week after Eid, it said.
Poba Chairman Abu Naser Khan among others spoke on the occasion.
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