Problem | Causes | Consequences |
Poor state of basic infrastructure | - Uncontrolled placing of goods in the market, some on the bare ground while others are on passage ways - counters blocking gutters - no signboard along the main street indicating the presence of a market - commercial motorbikes blocking the main entrance to the market | - Poor circulation in the market, congestion of people, thus theft - narrow passage ways - accelerated degradation of the passage ways - exposure to pick pockets especially on Saturdays - difficult to identify the entrance to the market |
Hygiene and insalubrity | - Poor management of waste - no plan for the construction of warehouses and hangars - dilapidated toilettes - degraded counters for the sale of meat - stagnated waste water coming from the cleaning of fowls - use of plastic materials to burn cow skin - absence of pre-collecting garbage cans - sale of goods at the proximity of garbage heaps - exposure of some goods to the sun | - a lot of flies - risk of intoxication around the burning of cow skin - risk of disease infection around the cleaning of fowls - pollution with the production of toxic smoke - bad odours in some parts of the market |
Insecurity of people and goods | - poor quality of building materials - dilapidating roads - Guard of warehouses entrusted in the hands of untrained night vigils - consumption of drugs to boost work at job sides - insufficient police personnel - no fence around the market - no identification of truck pushers - sale of uncontrolled alcohol (odontol, bilibili) | - risk of theft in the warehouses - muddy passage ways during the rainy season - the extension side already occupying the newly tarred road - various risks (fighting among the traders, theft of goods) |
Difficult access to potable water | - Frequent cutting of water - rusting of water supply pipes - contamination | - poor quality of potable water - exposure to water related diseases - drinking untreated rain water |
Poor management of electricity network | - complicated subscription process - poorly connected light in warehouses and in shops - no crosschecking of the existing network - corruption and ignorance of the traders | - proliferation of wrong connections - risk of fire outbreaks - low voltage - frequent electricity cuts due to short circuits |
Unorganized functioning of the motor park | - presence of abandoned vehicles inside the park - overloading of vehicles - poorly organized space | - saturated space - presence of open garbage heaps |
Difficult access to the market | - blockage by commercial motorbike riders - many ambulant traders | - no signboard indicating access to the market - traffic and peoples’ congestion |