Friday, November 27, 2009
Islamabad
In order to keep the environment clean on Eid days, butchers should be trained in a way so they could manage animal waste and their blood drain off after slaughtering them, said an expert on Thursday.
Lack of adequate slaughterhouses and arrangements for disposal of waste material are major problems faced every year on Eidul Azha. Most of the families drain off the sacrificial animals’ blood into common drainages, which may clog the entire drainage system.
“Moreover, animal waste, left in the open for days, may turn these areas into breeding grounds for an epidemic outbreak,” Dr Sajjad Raza, a senior pathologist told APP.
He suggested that as an alternative, the housing societies could solve the problem by reserving a space in their large compounds for this purpose and taking care of the waste disposal.
“The real problem is faced by the congested middle-class localities, where few of the residents keep their animals at safe places, keeping in mind that it should not decay the environment,” he said.
Syed Zia, a timber merchant who sacrifices seven animals every Eid, feels pained to watch the women of the household struggling to clean the blood and disposing off the waste.
“Combined ‘Qurbani’ is a concept, which is not only permitted in Islam, but is also becoming popular in the Gulf countries,” he said adding that this concept should also be followed in our country at community level.
Dr Asad Mirza, a general practitioner in Raja Bazaar, said every year after Eidul Azha, there is at least 30-35 per cent increase in the cases of diarrhoea, typhoid and malaria.
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