Citizens of Dhaka witnessed a horrific sight amidst the celebration of Eid al-Adha on Tuesday. Rainfall and animal sacrifices across the city created a dreadful scene of blood streams across streets in the city. Water logging in many parts of the city got mixed with the blood following the sacrifices of the animals creating the disturbing scene. The flooded parts of the city gave an impression akin to rivers of blood.
Many said the incident showed how the city corporations had failed to keep the city’s drainage systems functional and had paid no attention to the matter before Eid. The two city corporations designated 1,000 spots – 496 in the north and 504 in the south – for cutting animals’ throats in front of cheering crowds. Areas like Malibagh, Baily Road, Shantinagar, Bijoynagar, Paltan, Motijheel, Jatrabari, Bakshi Bazar and Kathalbagan saw people slaughtering animals right in front of their homes.
From around 7.30am in the morning, many people were seen slaughtering animals in the streets in front of their homes and other convenient places in several areas including Mohammadpur, Mirpur, Shyamoli, Uttara, Dhanmondi, Niketon. The roads soon filled up with blood and waste.
Despite the intermittent showers, citizens thronged mosques, offered prayers and proceeded with the ritualistic goat sacrifice. In Malibagh, Baily Road, Shantinagar, Bijoynagar, Paltan, Motijheel, Jatrabari, Bakshi Bazar and Kathalbagan area, Dhaka Tribune reporters found people are sacrificing their animals in front of their homes or other places nearby.
Dhaka South City Corporation’s Deputy Chief waste management official Khandker Millatul Islam said that water logging in the capital was an old problem. Pouring rain coupled with animal sacrifices all over the city have created a strange and disturbing scene.
As forecast by the meteorological office, Eid morning on Tuesday began with shower that continued intermittently into the evening. Despite the pouring, Dhaka’s citizens went to say their Eid prayers in the morning and sacrificed their animals.
Many said the incident showed how the city corporations had failed to keep the city’s drainage systems functional and had paid no attention to the matter before Eid. The two city corporations designated 1,000 spots – 496 in the north and 504 in the south – for slaughtering animals.
However from around 7.30am in the morning, many people were seen slaughtering animals in the streets and their convenient places in several areas including Mohammadpur, Mirpur, Shyamoli, Uttara, Dhanmondi, Niketon. The roads soon filled up with blood and waste.
City dwellers say lack of campaigning was the main reason behind the situation. Also, the places were far away from their homes, some said. “Last year the city corporations launched a mass campaign to encourage people to use the designated spots and that caught our eyes. I went to a spot in Mohammadpur last year, but this year, I don’t even know where the spots actually are,” said Tareq Ahmed, a resident of Shyamoli.
In Malibagh, Baily Road, Shantinagar, Bijoynagar, Paltan, Motijheel, Jatrabari, Bakshi Bazar and Kathalbagan area, Dhaka Tribune reporters found people are sacrificing their animals in front of their homes or other places nearby.
Dhaka South City Corporation’s Deputy
Chief waste management official Khandker Millatul Islam said that water logging
in the capital was an old problem. “We are still working to solve this issue,”
he admitted. “We have already ordered Maniknagar Wasa pump to start working, so
we are hoping that very soon the water-logging problem will be solved,” he added.
Doctors warn of post-Eid health hazard in Dhaka. Doctors and health professionals are concerned about a probable disease outbreak in Dhaka following the hours-long waterlog mixed with the blood of sacrificed animals on the day of Eid-ul-Azha.
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Doctors warn of post-Eid health hazard in Dhaka. Doctors and health professionals are concerned about a probable disease outbreak in Dhaka following the hours-long waterlog mixed with the blood of sacrificed animals on the day of Eid-ul-Azha.
Blood-soaked streets on the day of the
second biggest religious festival of Muslims is nothing new for Dhaka residents
who participate in the annual ritual of sacrificing animals after the Eid
prayers.
This year, however, incessant rain for
nearly a day and a half resulted in “rivers of blood” in Dhaka as the rainwater
mixed with the animal blood completely submerged streets in the city’s
Malibagh, Shantinagar, Bijoynagar, Paltan, Motijheel, Jatrabari, Bakshi Bazar
and Kanthalbagan areas.
The waterlog lasted for nearly 10 hours
on the Eid day, which means thousands of people came into the contact with the
dirty water, raising the concern among the health experts. They fear that
contact with the water may put people in danger of developing skin diseases,
and it could also result in an outbreak of waterborne diseases.
“Blood is usually sterile, unless it carries any viral or bacterial
infection. But when it gets mixed with water, it becomes contaminated. So
animal blood mixed with rainwater in the city streets is definitely a cause of
concern. It could spread any kind of waterborne diseases, including diarrhoea,
cholera, hepatitis, etc,” said Dr Khaled Noor, paediatrician and former
professor at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Medical University (BSMMU).
Children are most vulnerable of falling
ill in this situation, he added. Echoing Khaled, Dr Riad Siddiky, consultant on
skin and venereal diseases at the BSSMU, said skin diseases are usually on the
rise in Dhaka after Eid-ul-Azha. “This year, it may be worse people were
exposed to stagnant water mixed with sacrificial animal blood for several
hours,” he told the Dhaka Tribune.
However, people who live on the
outskirts of the city where water flows into different canals and culvert are
at bigger health risk as the bloody water would get enough time to become
riddled with contagious diseases.
Not using the designated slaughtering
spots is a major reason behind this situation on Eid day, experts claimed. More
than a million of animals – mostly cows and goats – were slaughtered this Eid,
according to a rough estimate.
To avoid slaughter in random spots and
keep the city clean, city authorities designated 1,000 slaughter spots – 496 in
Dhaka North and 504 in Dhaka South – for Eid-ul-Azha this year. However, most
of the city dwellers preferred slaughtering their animals on the streets and in
front of their houses, ignoring the city authorities’ request to keep the city
clean.
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