Wednesday 5 March 2008

5 March - pollution

Garbage

The resident population of the dam of Andramiarana filed a complaint with the common Antehiroka. She denounced the dumping of garbage into the nearby pond.
 
The waste threatens to pollute the water.
The dumping of Andramiarana situated along the embankment of the same name, has been the subject of a complaint from the local population, last month. The garbage piles up on an area of two hundred meters along the junction between the city of Ambohitrimanjaka that of Antehiroka.

The community that needs water Andramiarana feels thus threatened by the pollution caused by such debris who earn the nearby pond. A portion of this irrigated pond is converted into rice paddies, and the other is used for farming and brickmaking. Pierre Rakotoson, a resident, adding that the dumping of human waste in the water appears to be an abuse of power. The substance of the complaint has alarmed officials of the municipality of Antehiroka. Since February 25, the council has installed a checkpoint at the entrance of the dump trucks to prevent illegal immigrants from entering. "The leaders of this county are considering among other vidoir this move," says Martin Ratsimandresy, communal police to Antehiroka.

This territory has always been the place to dump garbage in the municipality. Without surveillance, individuals have taken the opportunity to infiltrate them, aggravating the situation because they scatter debris, according to the remarks of Peter Rakotoson.

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