Sanitation Taskforce Eases Refuse Evacuation In Port Harcourt,Environs ……Commissions Road To Dumpsite

The Rivers State Taskforce on Sanitation has restated it’s commitment towards the cleaniness of Port Harcourt city and it’s environs.
Chairman of the Taskforce Chief Isoboye Jack said this in port Harcourt while commissioning a 90 metre road constructed by the Taskforce at the government dumpsite along Airport road Port Harcourt to ease the evaluation and dumping of refuse in the city.
The road is 90 metre in length and 8.5 metre in width.
Chief Isoboye Jack said the road is to ease the dumping of refuse at the site
He said the absence of the road has made it difficult For contractors to push refuse into the pit,
The Taskforce chairman said the construction of the road will also check the indiscriminate spilling of waste on the road, adding that the situation was to create a conducive  enviroment  for refuse evacuation and as well as promote the cleaniness of Port Harcourt City and environs.
He further said with the feat,some contractors working in the town and Elelenwo axis will return to the area.
On the impending flooding, chief Jack said the Taskforce will soon commence the cleaning of secondary drainages.
He blamed the perennial flooding on the blocking of secondary drainages with refuse, adding that the Governor has directed the committee to  come up with ways of desilting  of secondary drainages across the city.
“There is plan for us to desilt the secondary drainages.The flood is coming because most of the secondary drainages are blocked “he said.