Governor of Manouba Calls for Enhanced Environmental Cleanliness and Accountability
The Governor of Manouba, Mahmoud Chouaïeb, has urged officials in charge of managing municipalities and all relevant structures responsible for environmental cleanliness to establish field intervention programs for sanitation and environmental maintenance. He also requested the elimination of all forms of degradation, wild dumping, and pollution manifestations in municipal areas, rural agglomerations, and other zones, while suppressing offenders and taking necessary legal measures.
Emphasis on Shared Responsibility and Coordination
During a working session held yesterday, Wednesday, he stressed the need for each party to assume its responsibility on the ground or legally to reduce environmental shortcomings and improve cleanliness indicators in various areas. He also highlighted the continuation of efforts to remove mud and earth, clean sewers and wadis, ensuring the safety of pedestrians and road users, especially after climate fluctuations and rainfall.
Recommendations for Improved Coordination and Efficiency
He recommended that all participants, including delegates, representatives of municipalities and administrations such as Equipment, Environment, the National Agency for Environmental Protection (ANPE), the National Agency for Waste Management (ANGed), the Directorate of Urban Waters, and security services, better coordinate their efforts between the different involved structures to perfect interventions. This is to ensure the effectiveness of necessary measures to counter all harmful practices and manifestations to the aesthetic of the environment, such as the random disposal of waste and construction debris, and to apply the law to offenders.
Assessment of Environmental Situation and Challenges
The session was an opportunity to assess the environmental situation and take stock of the gaps and difficulties encountered during interventions, the main ones being:
- The strong urban expansion in several delegations
- The aggravation of the phenomenon of wild waste disposal
- The limitation of equipment and personnel in most municipalities
- The difficulty in monitoring common areas between delegations and especially between governorates All this requires a collective effort and strict joint measures, given the interference of human activities and the multiplicity of uncontrolled waste sources, faced with limited citizen participation in cleanliness and environmental maintenance programs.
