Order and cleanliness. The town hall of Antananarivo has just updated its municipal hygiene code. Objective: put an end to the anarchy and insalubrity that reign in the capital. The new code list pr ...

Madagascar: the town hall of Antananarivo is rife with the unsanitary conditions of the city

The new municipal hygiene code provides in particular to penalize "needs in the open air" as well as the deposit of garbage outside the bins.

RFI / Sarah Tétaud

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Order and cleanliness.

The town hall of Antananarivo has just updated its municipal hygiene code.

Objective: put an end to the anarchy and insalubrity that reign in the capital.

The new code lists nearly 80 offenses, the amounts of which have been increased to better dissuade, ranging from 1 to 1,100 euros.

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From our correspondent in Antananarivo

Sarah Tétaud

Overflowing and foul-smelling sewers,

scattered garbage,

noise pollution, sidewalks impracticable due to appropriation by street vendors ... The town hall of Antananarivo has decided to crack down to fight against insalubrity in the capital of

Madagascar

In the Ambohitrakely district, garbage cans pile up at the foot of the dumpster, covering part of the road.

“

There are people throwing their garbage all over the street.
You can catch diseases from mice, like

the plague

!
It bothers us, but we can't do anything, because it depends on everyone

!
It is an education problem.
There are also people fighting outside, horns at all hours of the day, or dogs barking all night long, but we can't do anything either

, ”says a dismayed resident indignantly.

The new Municipal Hygiene Code should alleviate some of the inconveniences it describes.

“

Incivism is one of the factors that make the city in this state.
The objective in the implementation of this municipal hygiene code is not to sanction people, but to make all citizens who live in the city understand that there are rules to be observed.
Poor or rich, the law is for everyone.
Everyone must respect it,

”explains Dr Allyre Razanakombana, director of water, sanitation and hygiene in the urban commune of Antananarivo.

A period of awareness, before the sanction

The new code provides for fines of 5,000 ariary (1 euros) for parents who have their children begged, 50,000 ariary (10 euros) for owners whose dogs disturb the neighborhood by repeated barking or 5 million ariary (1100 euros) for companies which discharge their wastewater without treatment in nature.

The amounts are intended to be dissuasive.

Hygiene and cleanliness around private homes, such as smelly toilets or pierced pipes, will also be scrutinized.

However, Allyre Razanakombana wishes to reassure: “

In any case, our agents will go to the homes of the population.
Unless there is a complaint from the neighborhood which could lead to checking the cleanliness inside the homes.

The town hall nevertheless plans to give the population two months to assimilate the new code, before issuing the first fines.

Since Tuesday and for a month, municipal staff, police, hygiene inspectors, road officials, district managers, associations by trade will be trained in the Municipal Hygiene Code to better inform the population of the changes to be made. .

Madagascar: the town hall of Antananarivo is rife with the unsanitary conditions of the city

Madagascar: the town hall of Antananarivo is rife with the unsanitary conditions of the city

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