The Builsa North District Assembly in the Upper East Region and Zoomlion Ltd have begun clearing the iconic refuse dump also known as “Ayisa Borla” in the centre of the district capital Sandema to improve sanitary conditions in the area and its surroundings.
According to residents, the mountainous refuse dump has been in existence for more than 40 years and was once cleared by Rev James Agalic a former DCE under the erstwhile Kufour’s regime.
The residents say, the clearing of the refuse dump is very welcoming as they have been battling with mosquitoes and the stench emanating from the refuse dump makes life unbearable for them.
They say, they have on several occasions quarrelled with people who either come there to defecate or dump rubbish in the area but that did not stop people from defecating or dumping rubbish in the area.
Mr Jerry Akanaamwie and Madam Ali Veronica who both reside in the area wants the assembly after clearing the area, to either lease it out to a developer to put up stores or urinary and bath houses for market men and women who may want to wash down after traveling far distances to trade in the market as is being done in major cities.
Hon David Amoabil Afoko
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Builsa North District Hon David Amoabil Afoko, in an interview said, the refuse dump poses as threat to sanitary and hygiene in the area and the District as a whole as it is located in the middle of the district capital and very close to the market therefore clearing it will improve sanitation and the waste management situation of the district.
The DCE said the suggestions of residents around the refuse dump are welcoming but said for the meantime, the Assembly wants to move the animal market from where they currently operate which is often flooded whenever it rains to the cleared site whiles waiting for anyone with the financial muscle who might want to put a business structure in the area.
He added that, a dilapidated toilet facility located on the refuse dump would be pulled down and the whole area levelled.
He said that the Assembly would move the refuse containers at “Ayisa borla” to a new site away from the market and others will also be put at vantage points in the District for waste collection, and warned residents against indiscriminate dumping of refuse, warning that "Anyone caught dumping refuse indiscriminately, would be dealt with."
Derrick Abakisi-Noiyeng Radio
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