But city corporation cleaners were working in full throttle to remove them. But locals at Uttara Badda complained that no cleaners had come to remove the wastes on the Khanbagh Mosque lane. Maruf Hossai, one of the building's security guards, alleged that city corporation cleaners had come but did not remove the wastes. A Dhaka North City Corporation official said, in the last 24 hours until Wednesday afternoon, 5,000 tonnes of wastes were removed from the areas that they administer. Another official of Dhaka South City Corporation said they had cleared around 9,000 tonnes of wastes until Wednesday evening.

Source: bd News24 September 14, 2016 18:11 UTC