Els: MBN360 News
Zoomlion Ghana Ltd has began a nationwide emergency fumigation and disinfection exercise, starting in flood-hit areas of the Greater Accra Region. According to Dr. Gideon Sogbey the Head of Emergency Management at Jospong Group, (Jospong Group is the mother company of Zoomlion) the exercise, which is to expand to other regions, targets Weija-Gbawe, Ablekuma North, and McCarthy Hill areas in Phase 1.
The floods left in their wake, sludge from sewage, silt and filth, debris swept along and deposited randomly and contaminated ponds of water that become ideal breeding grounds for disease-carrying insects and other hazardous vectors such as rodents and bacteria that pose serious threats.
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The goal is prevent disease outbreaks like cholera before they start. “We don’t want to wait for an outbreak. Floodwater carries sewage and contaminants that expose residents to waterborne diseases. This is a proactive measure to protect lives,” Dr. Sogbey said.
Teams are disinfecting waste hotspots and final disposal sites like Oblogo and McCarthy Hill. At Oblogo, leachate was seeping into the Densu River – a drinking water source for nearby communities. Flies from dumpsites also risk contaminating food in homes and markets. Dr. Sogbey called for long-term fixes: engineered landfills, stricter waste transport rules, and transfer stations for fast-growing municipalities like Weija-Gbawe and Ablekuma North.
Zoomlion has led disinfection and vector-control operations across Ghana and West Africa for a long while, and says this intervention reinforces its role as a key partner in improving public health and ensuring desirable environmental sanitation.
