Around 9,500 metric tonnes of the waste of sacrificial animals on the holy Eid-ul-Azha were removed from Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Sunday. Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has removed 19,223 metric tonnes of sacrificial animal waste so far. The DSCC cleared this massive amount of animal waste from 11am on July 9 to 11am on July 11, said a media statement from the corporation on Monday. Besides, DSCC has also removed 100 per cent waste of sacrificial animals from 75 wards while DNCC removed 100 per cent sacrificial animal waste within 1:15am on Monday. This year, sacrificial animals were slaughtered in nine specific places in three wards of DNCC on an experimental basis. Read: Eid-ul-Azha: DNCC claims to have removed 80pc animal waste

Eighty percent of the waste of sacrificial animals on the holy Eid-ul-Azha were removed from Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on Sunday, said a media statement signed by Makbul Hossain. However, 11 wards of the city corporation managed to remove 100 per cent of its waste, it said. Earlier, DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam said that the waste of sacrificial animals will be removed from the streets of Dhaka city within 12 hours. Read: Bangladesh celebrates Eid-ul-Azha amid religious fervour “The city corporation workers are cleaning waste every day and I think 12 hours are enough to remove waste of sacrificial animals,” he said. "We have enough manpower and the Eid vacation of the staff and employees has been cancelled for removing waste soon", added the Mayor.