Eid-ul-Azha 1.5 million sacrificial animals expected to be slaughtered in Karachi

Senior Director Municipal Services KMC, Masood Aalam, on Thursday said that some 1.5 million sacrificial animals would be slaughtered in the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha compared with 1.2 million last year. While briefing the officials of the Municipal organisations during a meeting which was held at Civic Centre he said some 50 zones have been set-up in all six districts to remove the waste of sacrificial animals.
Centers are being established in every union council for early removal and disposal of animals' offal from the City. Workers would be hired in this regard on temporary basis, besides arranging rented vehicles, he said. "Some 1.2 million animals were sacrificed last year, however with the increasing population of the city, we are expecting 1.5 million this year," he said.
While presiding the meeting, Administrator Karachi Sajjad Hussain Abbasi said, "I would visit all districts to personally observe the arrangements week before the Eid. Though the Municipal organisations have been carrying out operations successfully to keep the city clean during mega events, but public complaints are still there. We should try our best to make the people satisfied with our services," he advised the officials. KMC's control rooms and complaint centres to remain open 24 hours to entertain the complaints of the citizens. Concerned staffers would work in three shifts during this mega event, he said. Metropolitan Commissioner Samiuddin Siddiqui, officials of District Municipals Corporations, Air force, District Council, and Cantonment Board officers also attended the meeting.