General News of Thursday, 9 January 2020Source: theghanareport.comWatch: The road trip in Kumasi that requires a maskplay videoVendor and buyer of the maskA young man with a pollution mask stands by the Atonsu-Lake road waiting for his customers. But all the passengers want is to see the dust reduced and this important road completed. The dual carriage road is arguably the most polluted road in Ashanti region as heavy foggy dust stifles the atmosphere to debilitating health consequences. When ‘trotro’ drivers zoom off the road, it leaves billows of dust quite comparable to that left by a bomb explosion. For the roughly 30 minute journey, passengers keep on the mask, bracing for an attack on their respiratory systems.

Source: GhanaWeb January 09, 2020 14:48 UTC