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Averda bins overflowing with garbage along Avenue Marien Ngouabi in the sixth arrondissement of Brazzaville, January 2, 2019 (Photo illustration)
The Congolese authorities have relaxed some measures related to the fight once morest Covid-19 and authorized a New Year’s Eve without a cover-up, but the people of Brazzaville have experienced it in unsanitary conditions. In the working-class neighborhoods, the Averda company responsible for collecting and treating rubbish did not do its job of collecting. These are overflowing. The populations are sorry and fear the appearance of diseases.
With our correspondent in Brazzaville, Loïcia Martial
Almost at the entrance to the Djiri general hospital, recently put into service, the rubbish is piling up. Further on, in the Texaco district where people come to stock up on cassava, the staple food, and garbage make everyday life unbearable.
« Lately, we don’t understand a thing. In all districts of Brazzaville, there are heaps of rubbish everywhere. This disturbs because we are human and we cannot live with dirt. There are some in front of markets and hospitals! The flies and insects that fall on this rubbish end up in our households », Complains this inhabitant met near a bin overflowing with garbage.
The people of Brazzaville do not understand why the Averda company is no longer doing its job as it should, while its charges are borne by the taxpayer.
« What is happening in our country, we cannot understand. The Averda company operates on the basis of the income of civil servants. We take at least 2,000 FCFA from the basic salary of each civil servant but we cannot understand what is happening in the field. ”, an Brazzaville man gets annoyed. “Nothing is going to change in this country. This country is like this and it will always be like this », Adds, annoyed, another.
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According to sources close to Averda, the State has not honored its commitments, recently, this company which employs more than 2,000 agents, has suffered a deterioration of its vehicle fleet, which explains the weaknesses observed in the garbage collection and treatment.
