July 25, 2009
Sticker Design Contest on Solid Waste Management
with
Japan’s Assistance
On 25 July 2009, Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) held a sticker
design contest on solid waste management in cooperation with
the government of Japan with the presence of Mr. Yonezo
Fukuda, Charge d’Affaires of Japan, Mr. Sadeque Hossain Khoka,
Honorable Mayor of Dhaka City.
For the contest, 322 candidate-designs were registered and the
only one design by Mr. Md. Tarek Haider was selected as the
winner. (The awarded design is shown below.) The awarded
design will be attached on outside of 100 waste collecting
vehicles, which will be newly procured by DDC under the
assistance of Japan cooperation Agency (JICA).
DCC has been conducting an environment-friendly project on
solid waste management in Dhaka City for these years under the
assistance of JICA including the improvement of waste
collection situation around Old Dhaka area. In addition, a
new Japan’s grant aid project named “programme for improvement
of Solid Waste Management in Dhaka City toward the Low Carbon
Society” of approximately Tk 91 crore (1,215 million JPY) was
agreed between the both governments of Japan and Bangladesh in
19th February this year for strengthening the waste
collection and transportation capacity of DCC. The main
purpose of the project is to realize “Clean Dhaka” in near
future along with DCC’s “cleaning Dhaka Master Plan” and to
contribute to the measurements against climate change in the
long perspective. This project includes the procurement of
new 100 waste collecting vehicles.
The running vehicles with the awarded design in the city will
be expected to enhance awareness among the people in Dhaka of
the importance of addressing environmental issues, especially
collecting wastes.
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