This has been going on for ages always the same result not much improvement,however it is not all the fault of KMC everyone has seen the tractors and trailers around the streets and daily at the market in Serekunda, these teams do the best that they can,it is a fact that there appear to be NO DESIGNATED areas where household rubbish can be dumped,and lets face it NO ONE wants the smell of decomposing food near their compound,as usual its about money,there isn't any apparantly.
‘set-settal’ is an excellent idea but that only happens once a month and on that day the only vehicles to be seen on the streets are lorries collecting the piled up rubbish.
It is not fair to expect KMC to follow residents around and sweep up behibd then the instant they throw stuff into the street or gutter,its up to the resident to realise that it is HIM OR HER who is the cause of this problem not KMC, so I do disagree with this article in many ways,will any bantaba members bother to comment on this topic,lets just wait, don't hold your breath though
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Refuse Everywhere
africa » gambia
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Few months ago, the Kanifing Municipality had the reputation of a clean municipality as people, especially women, were seen on a daily basis, even at night, cleaning the main highway.
However, it seems that is no longer the case, especially for the past three days when the nation observed yet another Operation Clean the Nation, locally known as ‘set-settal’.
Everywhere along the Mamadi Manjiang Highway from Tabokoto to Talllinding, there are heaps of refuse indiscriminately strewn all over the place, infested with flies and maggots and, no doubt, posing a great health hazard, especially in this rainy season.
While in the past the rubbish would eventually be cleared by the refuse collection trucks, usually on the same day of the set-settal, nowadays, one hardly sees this happening, as heaps of garbage are left lying at road junctions, which become temporary refuse dumps, for days.
As a result, the rubbish heaps keep growing bigger and bigger emitting unbearable stench, while no one, it appears, seems to care.
Indeed, it appears that the entire refuse collection system has now collapsed, and the various communities are left to find their own alternative means of disposing of their household refuse.
While the Operation Clean the Nation is a noble initiative, it certainly does not make much sense to ask the people to clean their environment, while at the same time they are not given the means to dispose of the rubbish.
Therefore, if indeed the local government authorities are serious about environmental sanitation, then something urgent needs to be done to alleviate this deteriorating situation.
A good case in point is the situation in some parts of Serekunda, especially around the Sandika, where rubbish heaps are sometimes found all over the place, next to all kinds of foodstuff on sale, and at the same time so near to the Serekunda health centre.
It is hard to blame the people who indiscriminately throw their refuse anywhere, because they have neither the means nor the capacity to dispose of refuse in a proper manner.
Maintaining environmental hygiene through an effective waste disposal system is certainly the responsibility of the municipality, as it is beyond the capacity of the ordinary citizen.
“The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none”
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