After the publication on the poor nature of street corners within the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis, Zoomlion, a private waste management company, has gone to the rescue.
Workers of the company were seen busily working on the Sekondi/Takoradi roads.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic, the Regional Supervisor, Mr Gushun Sogbey, said as with every newspaper using the Daily Graphic as a yardstick “so it has become of Zoomlion, when filth is found at every corner, even out of their jurisdiction, the public complain to Zoomlion.”
He said the company had become huge, and that every waste was linked to it. Therefore it was important that they took urgent action to ensure that streets in the metropolis were not left to be engulfed in filth and heaps of sand.
Mr Sogbey said his outfit had researched and will continue to research into how to manage waste in the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies across the country.
Asked if the company was in a position to cover a wider area, he said, as a matter of fact, the company’s strength and equipment in the twin -city alone could cover the entire metropolis without any difficulties.
He said one of the things they had identified was the education and community involvement in the drive to ensure a safe and clean environment.
Mr Sogbey said they had trained sanitation guards to educate and make people aware of their responsibility to the environment when it comes to waste generation and disposal.
He said throwing of waste into drains and open places was an easy way to get the filth out of the immediate environment of those who generated it.
“But if the people were made to understand and to know the effects of their action, they would desist from throwing waste indiscriminately. ” he said.
Mr Sogbey said the company would continue to help in whatever way possible to create a clean environment for a healthy citizenry.
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