Bargny lives a Fate

Bargny is a peaceful LEBOU village located thirty kilometres from the Dakar region, which remains the ironic victim of its natural development potential: The richness of its limestone mineral subsoil; its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, which is certainly the envy of the local authorities in the interior of the country; its fate of having to house these much-publicised COAL power stations and this MINERAL and VRAQUER port defined as Category 1 Classified Installations classified as Dangerous, Unhealthy and Unsuitable. To anyone who will listen, WE the people of Bargnois deplore the fact that we are always suffering the fate of laboratory guinea pigs. Our city will not be able to withstand this level of carbon monoxide emissions, greenhouse gases and other emissions from two category 1 classified facilities such as Sococim industries and these coal-fired power stations, which are less than 2,000 metres apart. On the basis of environmental and social impact studies (EIES), the greenhouse gas emissions and other emissions expected from these coal-fired power stations are estimated at twice 27% of the rate of 55 national emissions per year in Senegal.