Teshie dump site to become
community recreational ground
Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Accra, June 16, Ghanadot - The
popular Teshie Compost Plant Site will soon be converted
into a recreational ground for the community.
This is due to the malfunctioning of the plant for sometime
now and evacuation of the piled refuse.
The plant, which was established in the early
1970's to change refuse into manure for farmers in the area
broke down about 20 years ago however present and successive
Metropolitan Chief Executives of the Accra Metropolitan
Assembly (AMA) always finds it difficult in securing the
appropriate spare parts to repair it.
Evacuation of the refuse was necessitated
by the protest of the community due to the numerous health
related problems originating from leakage and the strong
stench from the site.
The exercise,
which is expected to take two weeks, is a result of a
combined effort of the Ministry of Environment, Science and
Technology, AMA and Ledzekuku Municipal Assembly.
Speaking journalists at the site, Mr Peter
Kwei Dargadu, Head of the Land Fill said the evacuation had
been contracted to the management of Zoomlion Ghana Limited,
a private waste management organization and would be dumped
at Oblogo Land Fill site.
He
stressed that people from Osu, La and Teshie Township were
dumping their refuse at the site resulting in the
'mountainous refuse', adding, "Because there is no other
place for them to dump their refuse we could not stop them
until now that we cannot take any more."
Mr Joseph Awuye, Plant Manager was quick to
add that it was unfortunate the plant could not be
rehabilitated to produce manure for agricultural purposes
and lauded the Government for the bold decision taken since
the refuse was a source of mosquito breeding ground
resulting in high rate of malaria and typhoid cases in the
vicinity.
Mr Daniel Amartey Mensah,
Teshie Municipal Executive thanked the Government for
embarking on the evacuation exercise and said it was one of
the biggest challenges of the assembly.
Ghanadot
