The private company responsible for collecting household waste through the working class districts of Brazzaville sometimes spends weeks without working in certain areas where the waste piles up in front of sensitive points such as markets. Populations fear that other diseases will appear during this period of struggle against Covid-19.
At the small makeshift market at the “Low Price” bus station in the Nkombo district, 24-year-old merchant Vanessa offers a variety of fish. But she often encounters an army of flies from the garbage floating over the garbage cans in the Averda company.
“We want the place to be clean. Let them come and remove the garbage every day. Where we sell food, it must be a healthy environment, but here it is unhealthy, ”complains the young merchant. Vanessa thinks there is a danger that threatens her customers. “She is exposed to diseases: typhus, fever and even coronavirus. We fear all this ”.
In front of another market, the one for Massengo, the interior is the same. The excess garbage even decreased on the roadway and caused traffic jams during rush hour. Users are worried.
“It really is not normal. Look at how the rubbish piles up behind you. Personally, I’m sorry. We live in the dirt and we get our deliveries on the market in the dirt. It’s bad to live in dirt. There are flies and especially mosquitoes that cause malaria, ”complains one user.
According to a source close to Averda, this company is facing a problem: several garbage trucks are waiting. Their maintenance is a problem. The state no longer regularly pays him what he owes him in accordance with the signed agreement.
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