Poor garbage collection

By Md. Abad, Dhaka-1207
24 July 2004, 18:00 PM
The DCC has contracted garbage collection from homes in each mohalla to small contractors with rickshaw vans, who are paid monthly by the residents. But there appears to be no DCC monitoring and supervision on this essential service.

Our garbage collector has not come for two days, and several bags of kitchen garbage are stinking. The ward commissioner's field staff is nowhere in sight. How does the DCC obtain feedback on this service? A publicity campaign may be launched for awareness. The contractors may be issued proper money receipt forms. WC staff may go door to door for listening to complaints and problems, and open a complaint centre near the bazaar. Even the location of the WC office is not publicised. What is his telephone number? The DCC is always on the lookout for civil works projects, most of them unnecessary (like beautification schemes, and building shopping complexes at the wrong locations, as per press reports).

The DCC may issue a press note clarifying the issue mentioned above. Garbage collection is a daily essential service seven days a week. Contingency arrangements have to be made in case of absence or breakdown.