The Monrovia City Corporation has revealed that the outbreak of fire at the Whein Town landfill in the city of Paynesville continues to pose challenges to garbage collection within the city limits of Monrovia and its environs.
The Corporation said the landfill serves as the ultimate disposal destination for the secondary and primary wastes that are collected from streets and communities in Monrovia and Paynesville.
With the outbreak of the fire that continues to ravage the site, the Monrovia City Corporation is facing difficulties moving garbage that has been gathered from waste hotspots in Monrovia to its transfer stations which are already filled with stockpiles of garbage.
The severity of the fire outbreak, according to the city government, is making it highly impossible to access the landfill in Whien Town, Paynesville, which is causing the recent delay with the collection of waste in Monrovia and its surrounding areas.
In a release issued by the MCC late Wednesday evening, it informed the entire citizenry of Monrovia that they are coordinating with pertinent state institutions and strategic partners to solve the fire situation in a timely manner, which would lead to the resumption of full-scale garbage collection within the city limits.
The release furthered that managing the fire situation over the last month, given the limited resources, continues to cost the MCC a substantial amount in logistics, which include PPEs and over 183,000 gallons of water used by firefighters till date in an attempt to put out the fire.
“The Monrovia City Corporation would also like to thank, amongst others, members of the Whein Town Community who continue to not only suffer the environmental hazard, but also join physically in the fight, Representative Michael Thomas of Montserrado District 4, Mayor Robert Bestman of Paynesville City Corporation , the Liberia Petroleum Refinery Company (LPRC), APM Terminals, Sky Water, and the Liberia National Fire Services (NFS), who have all been providing support through the provision of mainly fire trucks and water,” the MCC lauded partners.
It then assured residents of Monrovia that frantic efforts are currently being made to put an end to the fire outbreak, thus resuming regular garbage collection.
