Tafi Atome: Poor sanitation affects livelihood of residents [Photos]

Residents of Tafi Atome in the Afadjato South District in the Volta region, are under threat of contacting the outbreak of cholera and other deadly diseases as the community looks filthy and unhygienic.

The community which is well-known in the tourism sector as Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary has been turned into open defecation and refuse dump affecting the living condition of the people.

Sources revealed that residents have opted for the use of the forest for defeating as a result of lack of concern on the part of chiefs ,elders and other community agencies to collect waste material from the two 16-seater toilet facilities which are filled to the brim.

The community is said to have been without refuse containers and that had contributed to the excessive heap of refuse in the forest, thus making the community unkempt and unhealthy.