The Director of Communications at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mr Gilbert Ankrah, has assured that the Government through the various institutions is doing everything possible to address the flood issues the country is facing, especially in Accra.
Parts of Greater Accra have experienced serious floods since in recent times.
Recently, it has been noticed that even after a short downpour, most areas, including the N1, the Tema motorway, Kasoa road, Kaneshie and parts of the Accra- Nsawam road experienced severe floods.
The trend has become alarming since people have been losing their belongings to the floods.
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Speaking on Atinka TV‘s morning show, Ghana Nie with Ekourba Gyasi Simpremu, Mr Gilbert Ankrah said the Ministry of Works and Housing is ensuring that drains within catchment areas are re-designed to be able to accommodate rain water.
Aside that, he said a lot is being done to ensure that before and after the rainy season, major drains will continually be desilted to ensure free flow of rain water.
In addition to that, he said there will also be continuous cleanup exercise in Accra, especially at the market places, pointing Kaneshie and Agbogbloshie, to prevent refuse from entering into the drains.
Already, he said there has been some re-engineering of the drains at Kaneshie, hoping that the completion of that at Obetsebi will help the situation.
Meanwhile, Mr Gilbert Ankrah appealed to the public to stop polluting the drains with refuse.
“We have a responsibility to play as citizens. Why would you dump refuse in drains?. Come to where we are desilting the drains, there are plastics all over, people have dumped refuse into the drains and we are continuously letting people understand that we beg them. With where we have gotten to, if they do not help us, it will worry us,” he said.
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