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Momodou
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 Posted - 18 Apr 2018 : 09:10:42
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Foul Odour Emanates From Kotu Aqua Sanitary Field Kotu, Manjai Residents Complain
Foroyaa: April 17, 2018
By Madiba Singhateh
http://foroyaa.gm/foul-odour-emanates-from-kotu-aqua-sanitary-field-kotu-manjai-residents-complain/
The residents of Kotu and environ, have complained of the terrible odour that emanates from the Sanitary field in the swamps near the hotel area.
Residents indicate to this reporter that the past few months saw them breathing the disgusting smell from the site. Many people lament that they don’t know why the smell continues to escalate day by day.
One Marie Jallow Faye, said the smell has not only made it uncomfortable to live their lives, but that they find it difficult to enjoy their meals because of the stench; that she made several calls to the Ministry of Health regarding the issue, but to no avail.
Ndey Jatta of the same community, also voices her frustration regarding the foul odour and said the smell comes from the site; that the situation is gradually getting out of hand as the smell spreads to other environments.
Lamin Sanneh, another resident of the area said the Sanitary Company is not coming out plain to the people; that the Company is not applying the required chemicals at the site.
When contacted by the reporter, the Human Resources Officer at the Aqua Sanitary Field Amadou Camara, spoke differently.
Camara said the reason for the smell is because of the unwanted chemicals thrown in the field; that trucks from Tanji and Kartong, empty their solid waste at the site which is basically meant for industrial waste disposal but not waste that comes from fish processing factories.
Camara said the site has been in existence for more than half a decade, and has never smell like this; that when the smell started, they notified the authorities that something was wrong somewhere before they knew it was coming from the fish industry; that the problem will soon be resolved as their heads have met with the authorities from the National Environment Agency and the Minister, regarding the issue.
However, it was put to this reporter that the Minister had earlier visited the area amid complaints from the public.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 18 Apr 2018 : 18:00:51
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Hmmmmmmmmmmm................SOMEONE is not being Cristal clear in this matter  ,commercial cesspit operators have been operating for years..............The fish plant has only recently been up and running since the "NEW" fish catching licenses have been in effect. |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 04 May 2018 : 10:56:21
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VERY unusual in Gambia,RESPONSIBILITY and ACTION has been taken by MANAGEMENT and the "PROBLEM" is being sorted without trying to shift blame onto some other person or organisation as so often happens,a definite step in the right direction for THE NEW GAMBIA.
I am a bit confused here read what a SUPERVISOR says:
"Mahmut Sidat Bittaye, the supervisor of the pretreatment ponds at Aqua, said the going of the bad stench was down to him and his staff and not the management as they claimed.
He criticized the management for its lack of ‘attention and care to the wellbeing and welfare’ of the workers.
He said: “We lacked gloves and other protective gears. This is serious place, serious work.”
Well done that man  
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By Alagie Manneh
Residents and business owners around the Kotu area have reported a significant improvement on the situation of the Aqua sewage dumping pond with the heavy stench now reduced.
Yesterday The Standard which broke a story from complaints of the residents retuned to the area for a follow-up.
Amadou Camara, the human resource manager for Aqua the company managing the pond, said due to relentless pressure they had to go out of their way to find a solution to the problem.
“We wrote to the police and the drivers association to make sure they look at the trucks coming in here. The drivers also assured us they would never go to Gunjur or anywhere else to bring industrial waste here.
We alerted our security and they are very vigilant. We even shifted the dumping place to a place where we could clearly see what type of waste the drivers come with,” Camara said.
He said this new measure ‘disgruntled’ some drivers, especially those involved in the lucrative industrial waste business.
“They are having a lot of money from this Gunjur deal, so to be told that they are not going to dump it here, was bitter for them to swallow,” Camara said
Mahmut Sidat Bittaye, the supervisor of the pretreatment ponds at Aqua, said the going of the bad stench was down to him and his staff and not the management as they claimed.
He criticized the management for its lack of ‘attention and care to the wellbeing and welfare’ of the workers.
He said: “We lacked gloves and other protective gears. This is serious place, serious work.”
Also reacting, Sam Sarr, a former army commander who runs a mechanic shop nearby, said: “We are so happy and now I have no doubt to continue my business. My workers are happy, my clients are coming in. I thank you and everybody who participated in making this a possibility. I didn’t know what they did to rectify this mistake but it shouldn’t have happened in the first place.”
The manager of Badala Park Hotel, Ebrima Bah, who had also earlier complained of the bad odour, said if the smell level stays where it is now, business will boom.
“This is a very good step,” he said.
A tourist driver, who asked for anonymity, questioned how this was allowed to happen in the first place. He suggested the dumping site be moved away from there.
http://standard.gm/site/2018/05/03/foul-stench-from-kotu-sewage-pond-reduces/
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 04 May 2018 : 11:18:58
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The Government has just appointed one of the best Gambians Environmental Scientists Dr. Malanding Jaiteh as adviser at the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources with effect from 2nd May 2018.
We expect a lot of positive changes to come in future.
http://columbia.academia.edu/MalandingJaiteh
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toubab1020
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Posted - 08 May 2018 : 00:29:49
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quote:
Originally posted by Momodou
The Government has just appointed one of the best Gambians Environmental Scientists Dr. Malanding Jaiteh as adviser at the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Natural Resources with effect from 2nd May 2018.
We expect a lot of positive changes to come in future.
http://columbia.academia.edu/MalandingJaiteh
"We expect a lot of positive changes to come in future."
Let us not forget an important addition to words, that of ACTION
to fix problems NOW
ACTION
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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