Check noise pollution at residential areas, EPA

 Dear Editor,

I wish to use this platform to draw the attention of authorities, especially the Environmental Pro­tection Agency (EPA) to alarming noise levels in many parts of Accra.

It appears Ghanaians have accepted and taken night life to a different height and it reflect in the number of pubs being established.

A number of these pubs are now operating on daily basis, unlike what per­tained in the past where they worked from Fridays through the weekend.

And, because of the daily operations, music would be played at very high volumes to attract customers from far and near to patronise them.

In so doing, these pubs/ drinking spots create a lot of inconvenience in the areas in which they oper­ate with residents finding it difficult to rest in their own homes.

Osu R.E and its environs remain one of the areas to have been taken over by these operations with pubs taking over streets with music bellowing from the large speakers they mount.

It has become very difficult for people to leave their houses in the morning to work and come home to rest because of this daily occurrence.

I would therefore like to draw the EPA’s attention to send its task force to some of these areas to en­sure that the noise levels were regulated.

Reginald Nii Tagoe

Osu – R.E