Ho, Feb. 8, GNA - Road contractors have been asked to
constantly water roads they are working on to prevent dust
pollution. To this end, agencies of the Ministry of Roads and
Highways which supervise such projects have been asked to
enforce this demand and factor the additional cost of water-
dressing of the roads in the dry season. The call came from the Ho Municipal Network of the
Governance Issues Forum (GIF-Net) at a training workshop on
public deliberation and dialogue, organized by the Institute of
Democratic Governance (IDEG) in Ho. The Network cited a number of on-going road projects in
the Ho Municipality such as the road from the traffic light near the
High Court to the Sports Stadium junction, where dust pollution
has become unbearable for households along that road. Mr. Henry Ametefee, Volta Regional Co-ordinator of the
National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) last
Saturday expressed a similar concern at a burial service in Ho. He said the burial service was shifted from Afife in the Akatsi
District to Ho because of serious dust pollution caused by the
construction of the Afife/Denu stretch of the Accra/Aflao
highway. "There is disaster in my house, I cannot host mourners and
well- wishers in that environment. The authorities concerned
should do something about this," he said.
