Photo: BSS

RAJSHAHI, May 21, 2026 (BSS) - Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has started distributing plastic-free eco-friendly bags and bleaching powder free of cost among the city dwellers for the first time.

The program aims to ensure hygienic storage of sacrificial meat and rapid removal of waste of sacrificial animals ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Azha. 

RCC Administrator Mahfuzur Rahman Riton formally opened this programme this afternoon in Ward No. 9 in the Dargapara area of the city by handing over eco-friendly bags and bleaching powder to people.
 
Later, he went door to door in the Dargapara area for distributing bags and bleaching powder to the city residents.

Under this program, each of the 82,000 Muslim families holding residences in Rajshahi metropolis will receive three eco-friendly bags for hygienic storage of sacrificial meat.

During the inauguration, RCC Administrator Mahfuzur Rahman Riton told journalists, “These eco-friendly bags are biodegradable and will decompose into the soil. We have taken this initiative for the first time. In the future, we plan to make Rajshahi a polythene-free city.”
 
The RCC Administrator said, “With everyone’s cooperation, the residents of Rajshahi will have a clean city the day after Eid.”
 
Calling upon the city residents, RCC Administrator Mahfuzur Rahman Riton said, “It is our sacred duty to ensure a clean, odor-free, and hygienic environment by quickly removing post-sacrifice waste. After removing animal blood and waste, spray an adequate amount of bleaching powder.”
 
RCC’s Chief Conservancy Officer Sheikh Mamun said, “RCC has taken this initiative for the first time. We hope to succeed in this new initiative with everyone’s cooperation and city residents will benefit.”