Cleaners have threatened to stop waste collection from households in Dhaka North City Corporation area if their demands are not met within the next seven days.
Leaders of Primary Waste Collection Service Providers (PWCSP), a platform for cleaners, declared this from a human chain in front of Jatiya Press Club this morning.
Hundreds of cleaners took part in the human chain, many of them wearing shrouds.
The waste collectors' demands include cancellation of the decision to appoint cleaners through tenders, renewal of permission for organisations involved in waste collection and reintroduction of certificates by PWCSP in this regard.
According to a press release signed by PWCSP president, DNCC gives permission for waste collection every year and last year's deadline expired in December but the city corporation is yet to start renewal of the permission.
DNCC is also planning to recruit cleaners through tenders, the press release said.
The cleaners said they will stop waste collection and go for tougher programmes if their demands are not fulfilled within the next seven days.
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