By Ian John M. Lagare
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (12 March 2014) - GenSan's Public Market got a major housekeeping through a clean-up drive courtesy of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) and Waste Management Office (WMO).
Personnel from the Public Service Division (PSD) of the combined CENRO and WMO launched a cleaning operation at the fish section of the city public market after it was deemed to be the "dirtiest" of all the areas.
CENRO and WMO head Val Lastimoso is among the cleaners.
Lastimoso, who assumed the head position of the two offices a month ago thru the mandate of City Mayor Ronnel Rivera, said that one of program he eyed is to make the public market clean and safe from contamination.
Lastimoso said fish innards, flesh and scales were left stuck in the canals. Blood, mud, residue and garbage caused the awful smell in the said section.
He admitted that it has been a while since the public market was cleaned thoroughly which can be a cause for alarm for public consumers.
With the coordination of the federation officials of the Public Market Vendors Association, all vendors in the section were required to remove unnecessary materials in their stand such as fish boxes to expedite the cleaning.
At the end of the day, pay loaders were needed to remove the collected thrash.
Right after the manual cleaning, volunteers from the Fire Brigade sprayed water over the area to thoroughly remove stubborn dirt.
The area was then disinfected using chemical deodorizers.
The entire operation lasted for four hours. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Ian John M. Lagare)
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