By Sulaiman Jalloh

There is a potential health risk for residents of Orugu Bridge near Jui over a pile of dumped foodstuff, the pile comprises dozens of cartoons that contain chicken, fish and pig products among others including hospital waste.

Passerby and community dwellers are experiencing a very bad atmosphere as the smell coming from the Orugu Bridge is alarming and is a call for concern to the government and ministry of health. Residents believe that the spoilage of food is caused by the in adequate supply of electricity in the country.

Some residents alleged that, they normally see dead humans lying under the bridge but with swift intervention of some community members intervene to remove the remains under and around salt water.

“When we see a dead body, we quickly alert the police and they normally intervene and help us to remove the remains” a community dweller narrates to this medium. According to him, the reason for the dumped of the food waste because Freetown City council is not doing the needful, saying smell (order) they are getting from the Orugu Bridge is causing serious health threat to them as a community member while calling on the government to intervene before things go out of hand.  He said some people wash dumped food waste and even sell to market women at Jui something he said is very bad.

Some youths use beneath the bride as a shelter with no option. Speaking to Expo, one of the youths who dwells beneath the bridge identified as Kartel nick named said their survival lies under the bridge saying they have other means nowhere to stay with no option. “My parents abandoned me at the time I started smoking” he explained

According to the addict, one morning they just see a waste of chicken, cow feet being dumped, he said some of the people living around including them, wash the already dumped food eat it and sell it to marketers in Jui.

Speaking of difficulties/challenges Kartel said since the illegal dump of the waste they have been disturbed by the smell, flies and it even exposes them to deterioration of their health condition.  He called on the government to help rehabilitate them and that city council to clean the said food waste.

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