The capital is suffocating. Recent sanitation measures taken by the new Special Delegation President (PDS) are being challenged by transporters, street vendors, and bicycle taxis, proving that the city has become unmanageable. We have reached a point where it is impossible to change anything, restore order, or enforce the law. It is a true chaos where ‘everyone does as they please.’
Drainage canals are clogged with plastic bottles and waste, including stillborn babies. Overflowing trash bins remain uncollected for days. Households in neighborhoods like Andravoahangy and Andranomanalina lack basic sanitation, leaving them in a perpetual ordeal of stagnant water and nauseating odors.
Anarchy has become the common denominator for a population that is impoverished, uneducated, and resistant to any sanitation attempts. A new social class has taken possession of the capital, doing whatever it wants. Measures announced by authorities remain mere intentions, disappearing like a mirage; for instance, a recent ban on bicycle taxis in the city center is being completely ignored.
Antananarivo is a city in agony, soon to be submerged in filth, indiscipline, and insecurity. The idea of building a new city was not a whim; it is an unavoidable necessity. Antananarivo is a city doomed to disappear, much like Pompeii, though here, it is the population itself that is slowly destroying the capital. A ‘dead city’ has never been a more fitting description, as it slowly loses its soul and charm.
Captured & Published at: 2026-07-23 05:39:08 (Madagascar Local Time EAT)
Original Source: https://www.lexpress.mg/2026/07/ville-morte.html