Ghaco cleans terminuses as they join govt clean-up...

Ghaco cleans terminuses as they join govt clean-up campaign

Zim Now Writer

Harare Metropolitan Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Charles Tawengwa has applauded Greater Harare Association Commuter Omnibus Organisation for its interventions in cleaning bus terminuses in the city.

GHACO, which is one of the two main licensed groupings of kombi owners in the city, on Friday held a clean-up campaign in collaboration with the Environmental Management Agency and the City of Harare at Market Square in Harare.

GHACO provided 40 bins for the City of Harare to put within each registered terminus in the city centre to eliminate the illegal dumping of waste.

Tawengwa said the cleaning of the city should be a collective effort.

“Allow me at this juncture to applaud efforts made by GHACO who have taken the initiative of donating 40 bins across all bus terminuses in the central business district.

“These bins have been installed at Market Square, Copacabana, Charge Office, Simon Muzenda Street and Julia Zvobgo Street,” he said.

He advised the public to integrate the endeavour for a clean environment as an inherent element of the society.

“Our collective effort in producing a clean environment should be an intrinsic part of our society. I implore you to cascade this attitude to household level where a culture of cleanliness should dominate, by reducing, recycling or reusing the waste.

“It is possible to generate biogas for household cooking at your backyard as a sustainable use of waste. On a national scale, the efforts of Geo Pomona Pvt Ltd to convert waste to money do not go unnoticed.

“As we take heed of His Excellency’s mantra nyika inovakwa neve vayo, I am reminding you that not anyone from Jupiter or Mars will come to make a clean environment for you.

“This task lies squarely on us, and I call you for a collective effort. Therefore, I challenge local authorities first, let us not put the life of our citizenry at stake by exposure to a filthy environment, remember this is your mandate. Politics aside, the President’s reiterative call is on improved service delivery, let’s judiciously march to the rhythm of the call,” he said.

GHACO secretary-general, Ngoni Katsvairo said they will continue embarking on clean-up campaigns at most of the ranks in and around the city.

“As part of our corporate social responsibility as GHACO, we decided to join in the call by government to keep our city and country clean. We, therefore, will be embarking on clean-up campaigns of our workplaces, which are the ranks that our kombis operate from.

“In that regard, we have donated 40 pole bins and we will continue to donate until all ranks have been adequately resourced with bins and we hope to upgrade our ranks with street lights and shelters as well,” he said.