Operation Clean The Nation

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Operation Clean The Nation (OCN) or also known locally as Set Settal or Setal is a day of action in the West African state of Gambia .

It is proclaimed by the National Environment Agency (NEA), the national environmental agency , to help improve the garbage problem and is also part of a program to combat malaria .

The action will take place across the country on a Saturday when most businesses and schools are closed. Everyone is called upon to voluntarily clean the streets and public areas. In support of this, a general driving ban for all cars, including taxis, is imposed - which is monitored by the military. Only vehicles of the security forces, the government, the diplomatic corps, vehicles with special permits and of course the vehicles of the garbage collection are allowed to use the roads.

The promotion takes place every last Saturday of the month between 9:00 and 13:00.

Operation Clean The Nation was initiated by President Jammeh and first took place in 2004. A law to avoid waste, the anti-littering law, was last passed in 2007.

In addition to the visible traces of pollution , the aim is to keep the gutters free of debris so that they can fulfill their function of draining the street. This is especially important in the rainy season from mid-June to mid-October. If the draining water then accumulates in an uncontrolled manner due to rubbish, there are not only floods but also breeding grounds for numerous pathogens that can cause diarrheal diseases and malaria. That is why Operation Clean The Nation is part of the National Malaria Control Program.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gambia's Operation Clean The Nation , accessed June 2010
  2. ↑ a b Cleaning up in Gambia - a country is cleaning up in the world online from May 19, 2012
  3. ↑ PRESIDENT JAMMEH LAUNCHES "OPERATION CLEAN THE NATION" Message from the State House with the speech to the nation from the President in April 2004
  4. ↑ PRESIDENT OF COMMISSIONS PANEL JUDGES FOR OPERATION CLEAN THE NATION release of the State House of 15 October 2004
  5. ↑ Anti-littering law to take effect in Gambia ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Gambia News from November 14, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gambianow.com
  6. ↑ PUBLIC ANNOUCEMENT  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated November 19, 2007, PDF document from the NEA@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.nea.gm  
  7. ↑ Keep our environment clean  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The Daily Observer dated March 15, 2010@1@ 2Template: dead link / observer.gm  
  8. ↑ The rains are here again  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The Daily Observer from June 22nd, 2010@1@ 2Template: dead link / observer.gm  
  9. ↑ Celebrating Fifteen Years of Development (1994-2009) ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed June 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.newgambia.gm