Mallam Market traders join nationwide clean-up to tackle flooding risks after June rains

Traders, residents and local authorities at Mallam Market on Friday joined the government's nationwide clean-up exercise, clearing heaps of refuse, desilting choked drains and sweeping streets in a renewed effort to reduce the risk of flooding following the devastating June 29 rains."He revealed that previous clean-up operations undertaken after the June 29 floods required overnight transportation of waste because of the heavy traffic on the Accra-Kasoa highway."At the busy commercial hub, workers and residents removed refuse from drains, swept trading areas and cleared accumulated waste from roadsides as authorities intensified efforts to improve sanitation in one of Accra's flood-prone communities.