A wild dump of household waste is developing in Sossorobougou de Coloma (formerly Sossorobougou), a neighborhood located in sector 30 of the city of Bobo-Dioulasso, a stone's throw from national road No. 10 linking the town to that of Dédougou. »We are invaded by clouds of smoke at any time that waste incineration is carried out. Often it is dogs who drag animal remains or food with a foul smell into the neighborhood,' says a resident who prefers to remain anonymous. Karim (not his real name), another resident who has lived in the neighborhood for a long time, adds, 'The garbage is dumped pell-mell, often those who dump it don't even take the measure to push it into the hole. » What worries local residents more is that the municipality of Bobo-Dioulasso is letting this happen despite the fact that no site development measures have been taken, not even the compaction of waste or other type of treatment. Garbage is transported by skips or tricycles and dumped in these places. Jacques, a local resident, calls on the municipality. 'The municipal authority must act. She needs to find a solution before things turn into tragedy. This neighborhood is very populated and this disaster can have serious effects on the health of local residents. » he insisted. For Ousseini, 'Every evening the neighborhood is covered in smoke and when it rains there is a kind of blackish water with an unpleasant odor that flows through the neighborhood. It's really unbearable. » According to him, this situation is the basis of cases of proliferation of malaria and dengue fever in the area because, he says, 'the hole itself contains dormant water covered with mold, a real mosquito nest'. This open-air household waste disposal site is an old lateritic brick quarry, now abandoned. Source: Burkina Information Agency