Eid postscript

The roads, lanes and by-lanes used for slaughtering animals in the absence of open spaces were cleared rather quickly by the DCC men this year around. And people also took the initiative to avoid pollution in their respective localities by washing the roads and using germicides. The situation has improved compared to what we saw in the past years. But it was still way short in meeting the specific needs of a special occasion in a city with an ever-growing population.

The problem stems from the fact that the planners of the city in a way never had any place for an occasion like Eid-ul-Azha in their scheme of things. People are left on their own to manage things on this day and what we witness is an unplanned and unhygienic use of roads and lanes for sacrificing animals. We are certainly way behind other countries in this particular area.

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The solution perhaps lies in bringing the whole business within the purview of community service through setting up abattoirs in different places. Such places are needed to avoid spilling of blood and dumping of entrails and other wastes of animals in open places that violate the rules of both hygiene and decency. The religious rites and regulations can be observed fully in the abattoirs if they are designed to fulfil the needs of the occasion.

That is one idea that the DCC should consider in all seriousness. What we want to emphasise is that it will not be possible to leave things where they stand now when the population of the city will go further up and the shortage of open spaces will be felt even more acutely.