Barticians urge action over dumping of garbage along roadway

Garbage strewn along the roadway at Byderabo Road, Bartica.

Residents of Bartica have expressed concern over the dumping of garbage by a private entity along the shoulders of the roadway in the interior mining community by a private entity.

According to a letter addressed to the Local Government Ministry and which was seen by this newspaper, the residents noted that the Neighbourhood Demo-cratic Council (NDC) of the community has for a number of years paid little attention to the “lawless disposal” of garbage at the Byderabo Garbage Dumpsite by a sanitation company owned by a Bartician. The site is located close to Second Avenue.

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