CCC’s half-hearted attempt at cleaning streets
A recent report by this daily has drawn our attention to a pathetic display of dereliction and inefficiency by the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) officials responsible for keeping the streets clean. According to the report, heaps of waste lifted from drains in the Ujir Ali Shah By-lane of KB Aman Ali Road in the Rahattar Pool area have been left by the roadside for several days now. The unbearable stench resulting from the unattended waste has left the pedestrians and residents of the area to suffer immensely. This is but an example of apathy by the city corporation authorities.
With the monsoon approaching, the rainwater causes portions of the garbage to fall back into the drain and then whatever remains of it forms a muddy sludge spreading across the street, making it nearly impossible for the commuters to move about. While the workers did a fine job of cleaning the drains preventing them from clogging up with rubbish, their negligence to properly dispose of the lifted waste is a common practice—not just in Chattogram—which is simply uncalled for, as it poses grave threats to public health as well as the environment.
A CCC officer's justification—that the waste has been left by the roadside so that it can dry up or else it would make the roads muddy if it is carried away—seems to be ludicrously impractical. The CCC simply cannot shrug off their responsibility like this given that they have already earned a reputation for leaving garbage on the streets for days and sometimes even weeks. Such flagrant disregard for the environment and public health by the city authorities is unacceptable. The CCC must solve this problem urgently as it is clearly causing public sufferings and address the lack of coordination and supervision between different segments of the corporation that is reportedly causing the delay.
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