The capital city ruined a little more day after day

Vastly more than the rainy season, the political crisis only made matters worse than they already were in the capital city. Antananarivo city streets have rarely exuded such a cloying stench so far. The city merely has a handful of street sections in decent conditions left. All the others are worthy of a derelict ghost town. Some of them their first experimented hasty repairs, not more than stuffed potholes though, in years when foreign diplomatic delegations were expected to drive to the new President’s investiture ceremony. Repairs were undertaken on the ways regularly used by the President, did however not extend any further. Street conditions are merely one part of the city’s issue. The garbage collection process has become quite a problematic one. The SAMVA (Autonomous City Maintenance Service) and the city council blame the current ordeal on each other. Meanwhile, tons of garbage are stacking up with every single day with not a shadow of a solution in sight. Whenever the sun goes down, the city appears less bright than what it used to be. Not only facilities but also mentalities are actually falling in decay. A solar power run public installation located by the Dike Road has been assaulted by vandals and stripped from its batteries as a matter of fact, even though they were buried underground.