The Minister for Urban Planning, Local Government and Territorial Planning, Moussa Balla Fofana, announced on Wednesday the start, in the coming weeks, of work on the modernization of the Mbeubeuss waste water treatment plant, located in Malika, in the suburb of Dakar. Mr Fofana stated that the project would cover an area of about 40 hectares of the 114 landfills, or one third of the site’s surface. Before the heads of the project to promote integrated management and the economy of solid waste in Senegal (Promoged), Mr Fofana expressed regret that the site of Mbeubeuss had become infamous for the landfill. To change the image of the site, the President of the Republic has asked, reports the Minister, to stop the public discharges because the difficulties they create are linked, inter alia, to the environment, to health, to tourism. ” Mr Fofana de concludes: “We must make sure that these problems are solved for the benefit of the population”.
Mbeubeuss: the State announces 26 billion CFA francs to valorise waste and create jobs
