He inaugurated the work at an event organized on Monday (October 12). Implemented by DSCC's Waste Management Department, the initiative aims to improve the area's environment, ensure cleanliness, and build an environmentally friendly waste management system.

At the event, Abdus Salam said it is essential to ensure the welfare, health protection, and safe working environment of cleaning workers. He also informed that Tk 4 lakh each has been given as a death risk allowance for them and agreements have been made with about 420 hospitals to ensure low-cost medical services.

Urging city residents, the DSCC administrator said business establishments must keep waste in their own dustbins and keep the front of their establishments clean. If dumping waste indiscriminately is stopped, it will be possible to keep the city clean as well as reduce the risk of dengue.

After the inauguration, safety gum boots, hand gloves, helmets, safety goggles, first aid boxes, warning cones, caution signs, and high-visibility vests were distributed among cleaning workers.

DSCC said that earlier, modernization and beautification work of STS in Kalabagan, the vegetable garden on Old Elephant Road, Malibagh and Palashi area adjacent to BUET had been carried out. The event was attended by local leaders, including the corporation's Chief Waste Management Officer Air Commodore Mahbubur Rahman Talukder.