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AMA cleans stations after decongestion
exercise
Accra, 28 Oct. Ghanadot/GNA- The Accra Metropolitan
Assembly, (AMA) on Sunday organized a clean-up exercise at
both New and Old Tema Stations to clear the areas of filth
generated after the Assembly's decongestion exercise.
About 300 sanitation agents from all the sub metros and
other private sanitation companies conducted the clean-up
exercise.
Mr. Ali Baba Abature, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the
Assembly said the exercise became necessary in order to make
the place neat and also avert any health hazard, which might
occur after the exercise since a lot of debris was
generated.
He said by the first December, rehabilitation works on both
the new and old Tema Stations would have begun and that
would involve the replacement of dilapidated roofings at the
Tema Station and the application of bitumen at the old Tema
Station.
He said the AMA would use money from its share of the Common
Fund for the rehabilitation programme until the Department
of Urban Roads could receive a loan from either the World
Bank or the African Development Bank to also upgrade the
status of the Old Tema Station to that of the New Tema
Station.
As part of the rehabilitation projects of the New Tema
station, Mr. Abature said the AMA would construct chop bars,
sheds where drivers could relax and also provide first aid
centres.
"Engineers at the AMA are firmly on the ground and are
trying to come out with places where these facilities could
be built at the station", he added.
The PRO said as from Monday, the AMA would erect some
barricades at some of the exits and also implore the
services of some police officers to prevent hawkers from
conducting business at the stations adding, "any hawker who
would be found conducting business at any of the two
stations would face the full rigours of the law".
He expressed concern about the deplorable conditions under
which hawkers at the stations conducted their businesses
adding that the new face that the Assembly hoped to give to
the stations would put a stop to that.
"Even the toilets were used as store rooms by some traders
and we all know the health implications that this uncalled
for attitude carries; also about 90 per cent of tabs used at
the New Tema station do not have metres which is not the
best", he said.
GNA
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