Keeping the city clean

Being a resident of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), I have been witnessing some action programmes aimed at cleaning up the city.  Measures have been taken to improve the drainage system by cleaning the drains and clearing soil/dirt from the inlets of the covered drains. Some motivational programmes have been taken to make people conscious about the importance of cleanliness.  Meanwhile, I have noticed that the soil removed from the drain's inlets is kept in a heap by the side of the streets which ultimately moves to the inlets with rain water only to block the drains again.

To do things more efficiently, I would like to suggest the following:

-- All tasks relating to one job should be done at one time.

-- Community workers' teams should be formed to keep vigil so that people do not throw garbage/dirt to places other than the designated ones. 

-- Motivational campaigns should be launched to create awareness about not throwing garbage to the ground from the apartments 

– Start imposing fines on those who spit or urinate where there are not supposed to. 

Professor M Zahidul Haque
Department of Agricultural Extension 
& Information System
SAU, Dhaka