The National Plan for the Integral Management of Solid Waste (Dominicana Limpia) has handed over the first 100 sets of equipment to different city halls and municipal districts in the country for their work in prevention, cleaning and landscaping of public areas.
The first donation of 392 packages, under the direction of Johnny Jones at a cost RD$62 million, and included chain saws, blowers, hoses, lawnmowers, protective clothing, gloves, fumigators and others.
Jones said that the program is for real and RD$500 million has been allocated to fund the work over the next year.
The brigades began in Villa Altagracia and from there would move to Verón (La Altagracia), Santiago and San Francisco de Macorís.
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Listin Diario
3 October 2018
