PESHAWAR: Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) has finalised the Eidul Azha operation plan under which 3,563 personnel will take part in the three-day operation to collect and dispose of the waste of sacrificial animals using 707 small and large vehicles.
“Regular water supply operations will continue as usual, while the complaint cell will remain active round the clock,” said a spokesman for the company. “Eidgahs will also be cleaned before the Eid prayers. Some 669 staff members in Zone A, 1100 in Zone B, 829 in Zone C, 487 in Zone D and 478 in Zone E will perform duties,” he said. The plan was finalized in a meeting chaired by Chief Executive Officer Yasir Ali Khan, which was attended by General Manager Operations Muhammad Ijaz, zonal managers and other officials.
The meeting was told that all leaves for both operational and administrative staff have been canceled and all personnel will be on duty during the three days of Eid. Monitoring teams have been formed at each zonal level.
The staff will collect offal and remains from streets and neighborhoods of 42 union councils and transfer them to 17 designated collection points: Funland, Ring Road Plot, Sabrina Gulbahar, Science College Chowk, Bahadur Killay Umar Road, District Council Nauthia Qadeem, Kotla Mohsin Khan Graveyard, Tajabad Graveyard, Gulabad, Charmaro Road, Bahadur Killay near Ring Road, Usmania Town Ring Road, Science College, and Phandu Road. Staff will take waste in large vehicles to a dumping site, where it will be buried in a pit measuring 200 feet long, 125 feet wide, and 13 feet deep, after spraying and covering with soil.
The staff has been equipped with tools, and 400 kg of biodegradable plastic bags have been distributed among those performing sacrifices to safely pack the offal. An awareness campaign is also ongoing with the help of religious scholars and elected representatives to educate people about disposing of offal at designated points.
The WSSP management has appealed to the public not to throw animal waste in streams, undesignated areas, or in streets and alleys. Instead, they should place the offal in bags provided by WSSP and leave them outside their homes or take them to designated collection points so the staff can safely collect them.The CEO has directed zonal officials to provide water, food, and other basic necessities to the staff during the operation.