The Ghana Progressive Hotels Association (GHAPROHA) has threatened a legal action against the Tema Metropolitan Assembly for its failure to properly maintain the Tema central sewerage system.
According to them, the sewerage system has for the past 18 years not seen any major rehabilitation, causing the system to choke.
Meanwhile, as sighted on 3news.com, the Association in a statement complained that, “Raw faecal matter flows uncontrollably into kitchens, restaurants and hotel rooms”, adding that the situation was having a negative impact on their businesses.
“The situation is greatly affecting the hospitality industry in Tema as many restaurants and hotels are losing business and spending a lot of money to repair the portions of these sewer lines,” GHAPROHA said.
Hotels in the metropolis, according to the Association, have become helpless “as we are unable to maintain the required food safety and hygienic standards” due to the conditions that have been created deteriorated sewer.
They also said the wear and tear has caused damage to pipes and roots of trees close to the sewer lines, pipelines and manholes
Hotels appears to have been the hardest hit by the sewerage leak.
“This has led to massive siltation of sewer lines and the invasion of the system by rodents and other creatures.
Ghana | Atinkaonline.com
