Delta State Ministry of Environment Monitoring team led by the Permanent Secretary, Dr (Mrs.) Minnie Oseji, who visited the Orogodo River project, in Ika South and Ika North LGAs, has expressed satisfaction at the level of work done.
The team stated this when it went on project monitoring and inspection of the desiltation of the Orogodo River project site in Agbor recently.
The monitoring and inspection team, however, noted that there was need to evacuate all deposited silt from the river bank to another location to prevent them falling back into the river as well as plant trees on the banks to beautify the environment and attract tourists.
According to the team, “We observe that the river is flowing freely, but there is still some sand and grasses found in some portions within the river bank.”
Similarly, the Chairman, Ika South Local Government Area, Hon Sunny Tatabugwu, advised the state government to enforce the law banning people from occupying 30 meters of land from river banks to prevent taking over the bank of rivers.
The Permanent Secretary intimated the Chairman and members of his council of the pet bottles recycling company located at Umunede and offered a partnership with the Ministry to sensitise the general public on the need to embrace cleaning of their environment and proper waste disposal which is already yielding positive results in Asaba and its environs.
On her part, the Head of Environment Department, Mrs. Kachukwu, said the local government council was already looking into the possibility of engaging more PSPs to evacuate refuse from residential homes as the eight registered PSPs within the LGA are not enough.
She also revealed that the council had acquired a new refuse dump site for the final disposal of waste.
