Saturday, January 15, 2011
Dr Vandy's City And The Road Monster
By Sydney Abugri
The hyperactive mayor of Accra says he is in the process of making our capital one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I like this guy for sheer industry Jomo. Dr. Alfred Vanderpuije is probably busy drawing small, closed circles around Trassaco Valley, Airport Residential Area, East Legon and a few areas with a skyscrapers and sprawling mansions.
Outside these choice locations, our beloved capital is an expanse of very crowded, high density areas with little or no space to store refuse appropriately for subsequent disposal.
The result? Accra now produces between 1,500 and 1,800 metric tones of refuse every day.
The sky-bound mountains of refuse, I daresay, are enough to bury Dr. Vanderpuije along with his millennium city plans in a super giant heap before he can implement them.
That is if his millennium city plans do not place waste disposal top of his agenda but then, I am coming to Dr. Vandy and his millennium city in a jiffy...
Road accident fatalities in Ghana are now threatening to peak six digit figures: I saw traffic cops flagging down and proceeding to arrest many motorists in Tema and Accra during the week for various road traffic offences.
The cops have vowed to show no mercy and to haul before traffic court judges, motorists arrested for drunk driving, chatting on mobile phones while driving, driving without a license and driving old, rickety motor vehicles.
Source: Daily Graphic