Debate
No. 20 of 30.06.09
(No.
B/671) Mr E. Guimbeau (First Member for Curepipe and Midlands)
asked the Minister of Environment and National Development
Unit whether he is aware of illegal dumping on the river banks
to deviate the original course of the rivers, thereby causing
severe erosion to the opposite banks and, if so, will he state
the actions Government proposes to take to -
(a)
remedy and prevent the recurrence of this practice, and
(b)
compensate those affected thereby.
Reply:
I am informed by the Local Authorities that they are not in
presence of any case of illegal dumping on river banks to
deviate the original course of rivers, thereby causing severe
erosion to the opposite banks.
At
any rate if the hon. Member has any specific case to his
knowledge, I would invite him to give details so that
appropriate actions can be initiated
Keywords: illegal dumping
Debate
No. 20 of 30.06.09
(No.
B/714) Mr S. Lauthan (Third Member for Port Louis Maritime and
Port Louis East) asked the Minister of Environment and
National Development Unit whether he is aware of the presence
of wastes in the storm drain, along the Harold Alfred Wheldon
Street, towards the Ruisseau Terre Rouge Sanctuary, Citι
Roche Bois, and if so, will he state the remedial measures
that will be taken.
Reply: (The Minister of Local Government, Rodrigues and Outer
Islands): I am informed by the Municipality of Port Louis that
the presence of wastes in the storm drain along the Harold
Alfred Wheldon Street towards the Ruisseau Terre Rouge
Sanctuary, Citι Roche Bois, is a recurrent feature.
I am informed that this state of affairs is due to the bad
habits of residents of this locality who find it easier to
throw away their garbage in drains which in turn cause
obstruction of the drains.
I am also informed that all wastes are removed and disposed of
by the Council twice weekly.
Keywords: solid waste, storm
drain
Debate
No. 20 of 30.06.09
(No.
B/789) Mr S. Lauthan (Third Member for Port Louis Maritime
& Port Louis East) asked the Minister of Environment and
National Development Unit whether he is aware that several
abandoned/unoccupied plots of land in the Constituency No. 3,
Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East, are being used as
dumping sites and, if so, indicate the measures he proposes to
take to have them cleaned.
Reply (The Minister of Local Government, Rodrigues and Outer
Islands): I am informed by the Municipality of Port Louis that
few cases of illegal dumping on certain barelands in
Constituency No.3 have been reported and notices have been
issued to those contraveners, in this respect.
I
am also informed that 33 barelands have already been cleaned
by the Council in the context of the Clean up Campaign against
the proliferation of mosquitoes.
Keywords: dumping sites,
barelands
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