The garbage situation in some parts of the City of Maputo continues to be critical. The Municipality seeks, with its own efforts, to clean up the capital. However, there are explanations that must be given by the city council due to the filth that has taken over the City of Maputo. Garbage continues to be spread across several roads and neighborhoods in the City of Maputo. “O País” contacted the Municipal Council of the City of Maputo to understand issues related to the applicability of money from the garbage fee that is charged to residents when purchasing energy. Likewise, we sought to find out how it was possible to go an entire year without pay the companies contracted to remove the garbage. However, even with the insistence of our report, the Municipality of Maputo was unwilling to clarify these and other issues. Environmentalist Osvaldo Machaieie warns that the situation could worsen and cause serious health problems for residents. “This can get worse. This happens after Christmas and the end of the year festivities, a period in which a lot of rubbish is produced and, to make matters worse, people here, in the City of Maputo, are not in the habit of sorting rubbish. We have cases in which people mix organic and inorganic waste, a situation that can become complicated given the hot weather we are experiencing now. In neighborhoods, where there are drainage ditches and with this waste, there is a risk of contamination, as well as the emergence diseases such as malaria and cholera”, explained the environmentalist. What is certain is that garbage continues to pile up in the capital. The Municipality of Maputo, while not paying the debt to service providers, resorts to its own means to try to minimize the problem. And, for now, it is not known whether it will keep the City of Maputo clean. One of the health officials from the Maputo City Council, who did not want to be identified, said that there is work to remove the rubbish, but it is not knows if the task will be easy due to the quantity. Praça dos Combatentes, a point of confluence for many people and where they sell a little bit of everything, from ready-to-eat products to those that need to be boiled, is one of the most critical points. Source :The country
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