Youth Step Up For Bakrid Sanitation Awareness Drive
The movement which started in 2014
HYDERABAD: In a collective effort, youths in several parts of the city have stepped up the cleanliness awareness drive as the Bakrid (Id-ul-Zuha) approaches. The drive aims at helping the civic bodies like GHMC to clean the wastage at the earliest.
Formed with close coordination of civil society organisations, Team Bakrid has not only been creating awareness about maintaining proper sanitation during the festival of sacrifice on ground, but also through social media campaigns on various platforms trying to make sure the people are more responsive.
The volunteers are engaged in localities including Chandrayangutta, Asifnagar, Miyapur, Rajendranagar, Qutbullahpur, Bowenpally, besides the districts. “We have already sought cooperation from the police and also met DCP level officials, for increased coordination. We have begun meeting the GHMC officials in the various zones,” said Saber Yamani, convener of Team Bakrid-2026.
The movement which started in 2014 by elders of the community is now seeing activists taken the cause to the next level. They hope to ensure no animal wastage remains in public view.
“Over the years, the coordination with the municipal officials has increased and we have increased focus on creating public awareness, to ensure the remains of the sacrificed animals are directly disposed into garbage dumps with proper packing like black plastic bags,” explained, Mohammed Ali, founder president of People Care Organisation, engaged in Rajendranagar.
This year’s campaign was launched by Rajendranagar DCP S. Sreenivas a few days back. The team also called on Rajendranagar ACP T. Srinivas, seeking cooperation.
Welcoming the initiative, police assured all the support and urged the people to dispose of the waste at designated spots. “We request people not to throw the wastage all over, but at designated spots, from where the GHMC will be able to clear at the earliest,” the ACP urged.
On of Bakrid, May 28, most of the volunteers, representing close to dozen NGOs, will be on the field ensuring the streets are clean. “To ensure that the team gets proper coordination with departments particularly the municipal corporation, volunteers are meeting them and discussing the requirement of vehicles like tippers and heavy machinery like earthmovers and logistics support and for cleanliness requirements like stock of bleaching powder. We hope that this time engagement with departments would be more streamlined than before,” hoped Mohammed Sayeed of Asifnagar, near Mehdipatnam.
