Dhaka, May 12 -- Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has inaugurated a "waste segregation" programme to modernise waste management and build a clean city.

DNCC Administrator Md Shafiqul Islam Khan launched the programme by distributing waste segregation bins and polythene bags at a programme organised at the Gulshan Society Jame Mosque in Dhaka at 11am on Monday.

Speaking at the programme, the administrator said: "To keep the city clean, we want to take waste management to such a level that waste will be in the garbage bins, and the city corporation will collect that waste from these garbage bins."

He lamented that many city residents still litter on the streets due to lack of awareness.

New garbage bins will be installed in various p...