Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a waste management company, has commenced disinfestation and fumigation exercise in all the 33 Municipal and District Assemblies in the Eastern Region.
The exercise which started last Friday by the Vector Control Unit of the company, in collaboration with the assemblies, is expected to end on September 30.
It is part of Zoomlion's corporate social responsibility (CSR) to prevent the outbreak of cholera, malaria, typhoid and other water related infections following the recent floods in some communities in the region.
The mass spraying exercise would be done at markets, lorry parks, places of convenience, refuse container sites and containers, to eliminate pathogens, control disease vectors and reduce disease causing organisms in such places.
Pathogens elimination
Briefing the media to kick-start the exercise at Agartha Market in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional Manager of Zoomlion, Cynthia Gbadago, said the exercise was in response to the floods which hit the entire country, especially the Eastern Region .
The company, Mrs Gbadago stated, had already educated people, especially market women and residents in the areas, on the exercise to ensure that food and drinking water were properly covered as part of the safety measures.
Disease outbreak
She also asked them not to dump refuse indiscriminately especially in the drainage systems, to help prevent disease outbreaks in the region.
For his part, the Eastern Regional Environmental Officer, Prince Osei Kissi, lauded Zoomlion, saying the company had partnered the assemblies to promptly resolve issue of sanitation.
Supply
He gave the assurance that his outfit would continue to support the company to carry out the exercise to render the communities free from water borne diseases.
At the Agartha Market in Koforidua, a trader, Georgina Agbesi, was hopeful that the fumigation exercise would get rid of insects.
Another trader, Afia Adutwumwaa, appealed to the government to provide places of convenience for the markets.
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