Brenda Yufeh
13 March 2008
The drive against abandoned vehicles launched by Gilbert Tsimi Evouna is aimed at keeping Yaounde clean.
The Government Delegate to the Yaounde Urban Council, Gilbert Tsimi Evouna, has noted with regret the existence of huge stocks of abandoned vehicles along main highways and in some strategic corners in Yaounde town. This is the case particularly along the Ekoumdoum -Nkomo road, the Emombo to Nkomo new road as well as the flyover around the Mvan neighbourhood where huge remnants of vehicles can be seen. This does not only make the environment filthy but contrary to the law which specifies where individuals have to deposit abandoned vehicles. This is why Gilbert Tsimi Evouna, in a communiqué, has strictly warned the population of Yaounde against depositing broken down vehicles along the road. According to the Government Delegate to the Yaounde Urban Council, those who go against the law will be punished accordingly.
The Director of the Technical Service at the Yaounde Urban Council, Philippe Ndzana, says the recent communiqué signed by the Government Delegate is like a reminder to the population given that individuals no longer respect the law which had been put in place. He said the Yaounde Urban Council had prepared a site some 10 kilometres from the town of Yaounde, at Ngoulmekong, along the Yaounde-Soa road. At this spot, people are allowed to deposit abandoned vehicles free of charge. Philippe Ndzana says the area is not only big enough but well arranged for people to deposit as many bits and pieces as possible. At Ngoulmekong, there is a machine which is used to compress leftovers of vehicles so that they can become smaller making it possible for the council to have more space to contain more remnants of vehicles. There are some people who also come to the site to collect such junk to make iron.
Henceforth, those who do not respect the law will be strictly punished as they may be asked to pay the cost of transporting the waste to Ngoulmekong, have their vehicle impounded or taken to court. For those who do not have money to transport their waste to Ngoulmekong, Philippe Ndzana says they could inform the council which will take the necessary steps of transporting the wreckages of vehicles. The population has been called upon to immediately inform the council, administrative authorities or the forces of law and order in a situation when somebody abandons the wreckage of his vehicle along the road.
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