The vice-president, Dr
Mohammed Gharib Bilal, has directed city fathers to introduce a sustainable
plan that would ease and improve garbage collection in a bid to cope with the
rapid growth of the city of Dar es Salaam.
Dr Bilal said in the
city yesterday that the city council should also speed up project that would
see garbage being turned into opportunity. This would entail production of gas
that would in turn used to generate electricity.
“Since the city keeps growing
there should be a sustainable plan which will be the best way to manage waste
collection. This would include turning waste into opportunities such as
production of fertilizer, gas or electricity”, said the vice-president.
Dr Bilal was,
meanwhile, inspecting the state of cleanliness in the city. He also said that there
should be cooperation between different health stakeholders in quest to keep the
city clean. The city council should cooperate with the ministry of Health and
Social welfare to keep the city clean.
Earlier, the Dar es
Salaam Regional Commissioner, Mr Said Meck Sadiki, said the City Council could
not collect the waste by at least 50 per cent due to shortage of equipment. He told
the vice-president that the municipalities in the city do not have enough waste
collection trucks.
“Waste collection has
become a major challenge due to shortage of tools which are needed in order to
cope with the growth of the city” he noted. A minister of State in the
Vice-president’s office (Environment), Dr Terezya Huvisa, recently blamed the
city fathers for poor management of garbage collection and causing environmental
hazards.
The minister urged
members of the public to cultivate the habit of cleanliness in the surroundings
and that residents should collect sold waste in their surroundings.
Source: Daily news
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