Dep. Minister inspects Drains
A team of officials from the Ministry of Water Resources Works and Housing (MWRWH) and the Hydrological Services Department (HSD), led by the Deputy Minister of the MWRWH, Miss Hannah L. Bissiw, has inspected various drainage projects aimed at reducing flooding in the Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipality.
The team's first place of call was the Teshie Kordjor stream which is one of the four tributaries flowing into the Kpeshie Lagoon.
Here work has reached an advance stage and would have been completed, if the residents had not asked for the extension of the dredging into the Kpeshie Lagoon.
The Deputy Executive Director of the HSD, Mr Harold Clottey, indicated that the drain stretching to the spintex road was opened and re-engineered to make way for run off water.
He added that the project forms part of ongoing works throughout the country meant to improve the drainage system in the country.
Mr Clottey indicated that the community was not likely to face any problem concerning flooding for years to come.
However, when the Daily Graphic interviewed a resident, Nathaniel Quaye, he expressed dissatisfaction with the inability of the authorities concerned to line the drain with concrete slabs instead of just dredging.
When this concern was put to Mr Ernest Kusi-Minkah, he explained that the HSD could was hindered by funds hence its inability to fully construct the drain.
He, however, mentioned that the present state of the work would be improved as soon as funding is made available.
Two companies, Nadford Construction Limited and NH & Sons Constructuin Limited worked on the project at a cost of GHC170000.
At East Legon, work on the American House drain which run from the Accra Training College was almost completed. Workers were at the site to complete a bridge to facilitate vehicular movement across the drain.
A resident Naomi Mensah stated that the construction of the drain would go a long way to alleviate flooding problems that confront the area in the rainy season.
Gabisco construction Limited handled this project at a cost of GHC100000.
Briefing the media, Miss Bissiw expressed satisfaction with all the works inspected and stated that the government would not compensate in any way persons found to have built on water ways.
She said stringent measures would be put in place to enforce all laws concerning town and country planning to reduce acts of indiscriminate building spread all over the country.
She called on the media to help educate the public on the dangers of building on the water ways, a situation she contended was as a result of the serious housing constraint facing the country.
The team's first place of call was the Teshie Kordjor stream which is one of the four tributaries flowing into the Kpeshie Lagoon.
Here work has reached an advance stage and would have been completed, if the residents had not asked for the extension of the dredging into the Kpeshie Lagoon.
The Deputy Executive Director of the HSD, Mr Harold Clottey, indicated that the drain stretching to the spintex road was opened and re-engineered to make way for run off water.
He added that the project forms part of ongoing works throughout the country meant to improve the drainage system in the country.
Mr Clottey indicated that the community was not likely to face any problem concerning flooding for years to come.
However, when the Daily Graphic interviewed a resident, Nathaniel Quaye, he expressed dissatisfaction with the inability of the authorities concerned to line the drain with concrete slabs instead of just dredging.
When this concern was put to Mr Ernest Kusi-Minkah, he explained that the HSD could was hindered by funds hence its inability to fully construct the drain.
He, however, mentioned that the present state of the work would be improved as soon as funding is made available.
Two companies, Nadford Construction Limited and NH & Sons Constructuin Limited worked on the project at a cost of GHC170000.
At East Legon, work on the American House drain which run from the Accra Training College was almost completed. Workers were at the site to complete a bridge to facilitate vehicular movement across the drain.
A resident Naomi Mensah stated that the construction of the drain would go a long way to alleviate flooding problems that confront the area in the rainy season.
Gabisco construction Limited handled this project at a cost of GHC100000.
Briefing the media, Miss Bissiw expressed satisfaction with all the works inspected and stated that the government would not compensate in any way persons found to have built on water ways.
She said stringent measures would be put in place to enforce all laws concerning town and country planning to reduce acts of indiscriminate building spread all over the country.
She called on the media to help educate the public on the dangers of building on the water ways, a situation she contended was as a result of the serious housing constraint facing the country.
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