Sayeed Khokon vows to turn Dhaka clean
Vowing to turn the capital a clean city, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon on Tuesday urged the city dwellers to work unitedly keeping confidence on him to build Dhaka city as a clean city.
He termed the recognition of the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest clean-up campaign of the DSCC as the achievement of the city dwellers and the people of the country.
Briefing reporters at the Dhaka Dakkhin Nagar Bhaban today, the DSCC Mayor said this achievement will be meaningful when the city will turn into a clean one, reports UNB.
He also said that the Dhaka city dwellers have made a world record achieving the recognition of Guinness Book of World Records.
"We wanted to create awareness among the city dwellers about cleanliness alongside achieving the recognition of the Guinness Book of World Records through 'Clean-up Dhaka' campaign," said the DSCC Mayor.
Sayeed Khokon dedicated the recognition of the Guinness Book of World Records to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman saying, "We want to dedicate it to the name of the leader (Bangabandhu) as we wouldn't have gotten this country and its independence without him."
DSCC's Dhaka Clean-up Campaign was organized in the capital on April 13 this year and it has hit the Guinness Book of World Records on Monday.
The DSCC in collaboration with Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh arranged the programme to raise awareness among people to make the city a clean and a healthy one.
Though over 15,000 people, including members of Rover Scouts, Bangladesh National Cadet Core (BNCC), Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and Fire Service, celebrities, actors, students from educational institutions and social activists, took to the streets with brooms spontaneously to set the record, 7021 people were attended the clean-up programme fulfilling all of the policies of the Guinness Book of World Records.
The previous record was set by India's Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) last year as more than 5,000 people took part in a clean-up drive in the Indian city.
