Poor state of cleanliness in graveyards

Rawalpindi : This year too, most of the graveyards particularly in congested areas of town were not in ideal state of cleanliness on Eid days instead the visitors witnessed heaps of garbage in and around almost all graveyards particularly in city areas.

It is important that in Pakistan, it is a tradition to visit graveyards on the festive occasion of Eid to offer ‘fateha’ on the graves of their dear-ones. Soon after Fajr prayers on the first day of Eid, on Saturday, almost all graveyards were filled with visitors of whom many were witnessed complaining of the poor state of cleanliness in graveyards. The heavy rainfall in the evening on Friday adding fuel to the fire made the situation worse turning the soil in graveyards into filthy mud that was irritating for those who visited there Saturday morning to offer ‘fateha’ on the graves of their loved ones.

It is worth mentioning here that a number of employees of Rawalpindi Waste Management Company were witnessed busy in removing filth and garbage at the time of dawn on Eid day in the city areas but from outside graveyards only and a little attention was given to cleanliness inside the graveyards.

The graveyards in town are neither clean nor organized and for the last many years, the graveyards and their surroundings are becoming more and more filthy, said a visitor to Qadeem Qabristan in Dhoke Elahi Buksh while talking to ‘The News’. According to many visitors in Jadeed and Qadeem Qabristan in Dhoke Khabba area, the heaps of garbage in and around graveyards are because of the ignorance of concerned authorities and residents as well because nobody is raising voice for cleanliness of graveyards in town.