Filthy Adolfi targeted
All hands are on deck for the national clean-up campaign, which will also target the Adolfi location, which has become an eyesore in the north.
After tomorrow's National Clean-up Day residents of Adolfi location along the Ondangwa-Ongwediva main road in the Oshana Region are urged to stop dumping rubbish in a stream of the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin.
In an interview with Namibian Sun, a member of Adolfi Location's management committee, Gerhard Kafita, said that together with the Oshana regional council, they were going to clean the location and the dumpsite and no one would be allowed to dump waste there any longer.
It is reported that the location has grown and residents are demanding municipal services such as solid waste management. The situation has forced them to create a dumpsite at an open space near a stream of the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin with the idea that this rubbish would be washed away during the seasonal flooding.
“By responding to President Hage Geingob's call for a national clean-up day, the people of Adolfi Location will start cleaning on Friday. Our target is to empty the open dumpsite. That dumpsite is a health hazard to people and animals of Adolfi Location and nearby villages,” Kafita said.
He said the wind was constantly scattering lighter items around the villages. Children go to the dump to play and livestock also go there to look for food amongst the rubbish.
Kafita said butchers who slaughter cattle in an open area at the location dump the skins at the site, adding to the pollution.
The regional council will provide transport and cleaning materials and after the place is cleaned nobody will be allowed to dump their waste there.
“As from Saturday nobody will be allowed to dump waste at that dumping site any longer. The regional council together with the traditional authority are identifying a new dumping site for us,” he said.
The Oukwanyama Traditional Authority, in whose jurisdiction the location is situated, tried to resolve the dumping issue but there are no open spaces at Ekolyanaambo village to set up a controlled dumpsite. All the land at the village is occupied by its more than 500 residents.
The Ondangwa Rural constituency councillor, Kaushiweni Abraham, said after both the regional council and the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority failed to respond to the community's demands for a proper dumpsite, he decided to include the governor's office.
“After intervention from the governor's office a possible dumping site has been identified at Ekolyanaambo village and it only needs to be upgraded. After the clean-up on Friday, the community will be informed on the way forward,” Abraham said.
He added, though, that his office did not have trucks to transport the rubbish to dumpsites at nearby towns.
“We are hopeful that by Friday the regional council will be able to provide us with trucks. Otherwise it will be a big challenge for us to remove those waste,” he said.
In an interview with Namibian Sun, a member of Adolfi Location's management committee, Gerhard Kafita, said that together with the Oshana regional council, they were going to clean the location and the dumpsite and no one would be allowed to dump waste there any longer.
It is reported that the location has grown and residents are demanding municipal services such as solid waste management. The situation has forced them to create a dumpsite at an open space near a stream of the Cuvelai-Etosha Basin with the idea that this rubbish would be washed away during the seasonal flooding.
“By responding to President Hage Geingob's call for a national clean-up day, the people of Adolfi Location will start cleaning on Friday. Our target is to empty the open dumpsite. That dumpsite is a health hazard to people and animals of Adolfi Location and nearby villages,” Kafita said.
He said the wind was constantly scattering lighter items around the villages. Children go to the dump to play and livestock also go there to look for food amongst the rubbish.
Kafita said butchers who slaughter cattle in an open area at the location dump the skins at the site, adding to the pollution.
The regional council will provide transport and cleaning materials and after the place is cleaned nobody will be allowed to dump their waste there.
“As from Saturday nobody will be allowed to dump waste at that dumping site any longer. The regional council together with the traditional authority are identifying a new dumping site for us,” he said.
The Oukwanyama Traditional Authority, in whose jurisdiction the location is situated, tried to resolve the dumping issue but there are no open spaces at Ekolyanaambo village to set up a controlled dumpsite. All the land at the village is occupied by its more than 500 residents.
The Ondangwa Rural constituency councillor, Kaushiweni Abraham, said after both the regional council and the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority failed to respond to the community's demands for a proper dumpsite, he decided to include the governor's office.
“After intervention from the governor's office a possible dumping site has been identified at Ekolyanaambo village and it only needs to be upgraded. After the clean-up on Friday, the community will be informed on the way forward,” Abraham said.
He added, though, that his office did not have trucks to transport the rubbish to dumpsites at nearby towns.
“We are hopeful that by Friday the regional council will be able to provide us with trucks. Otherwise it will be a big challenge for us to remove those waste,” he said.
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