Work progresses on Atorkor Sea Defence Project, Monday, December 13, 20101 Spread
Construction work on the 2.8 kilometres Atorkor Sea Defence Project, which is expected to cushion some coastal communities in the Keta Municipality against destructive tidal waves is progressing
The $32 million-project which is being undertaken and pre-financed by Amandi, an Israeli Construction firm is expected to be completed next year.
A similar infrastructure was completed in 2004 to protect the Keta township from the devastating waves.
The waves have pounded villages in Atorkor, Anyanui and Dzita and surrounding communities causing extensive damage to property including schools, and sometimes cutting the inhabitants from the rest of the municipality.
Information made available to the Daily Graphic indicated that the destruction which started inthe 60s has displaced close to 500,000 people over the years.
According to experts, rising sea levels linked to the melting of polar ice caps are conspiring with coastal erosion to slowly submerge communities along the coast.
The Keta Municipality is said to be one of the hot spots of coastal erosion, losing an estimated four metres of land to the sea annually.
Briefing journalists during a visit to the project site, the Minister of Water Resources Works and Housing, Mr Alban S.K Bagbin said the government was compelled to execute the project because there
was the need to protect the lands and property, as well as national heritage sites which were being lost to the sea.
He said the completion of the project would ensure that roads and other facilities which have fallen prey to the sea were reconstructed to serve the needs of the area.
The Minister said the project would also ensure that the area isempowered to provide salt for Ghana’s petrochemical industry.
Mr Bagbin urged the contractor to work assiduously to ensure that theproject is completed in time.
The project Manager, Mr Shaul Nevo, said the company was working diligently to complete the project as scheduled but stated that theonly challenge was the rising waves in the evening which makes it
difficult to work.
The $32 million-project which is being undertaken and pre-financed by Amandi, an Israeli Construction firm is expected to be completed next year.
A similar infrastructure was completed in 2004 to protect the Keta township from the devastating waves.
The waves have pounded villages in Atorkor, Anyanui and Dzita and surrounding communities causing extensive damage to property including schools, and sometimes cutting the inhabitants from the rest of the municipality.
Information made available to the Daily Graphic indicated that the destruction which started inthe 60s has displaced close to 500,000 people over the years.
According to experts, rising sea levels linked to the melting of polar ice caps are conspiring with coastal erosion to slowly submerge communities along the coast.
The Keta Municipality is said to be one of the hot spots of coastal erosion, losing an estimated four metres of land to the sea annually.
Briefing journalists during a visit to the project site, the Minister of Water Resources Works and Housing, Mr Alban S.K Bagbin said the government was compelled to execute the project because there
was the need to protect the lands and property, as well as national heritage sites which were being lost to the sea.
He said the completion of the project would ensure that roads and other facilities which have fallen prey to the sea were reconstructed to serve the needs of the area.
The Minister said the project would also ensure that the area isempowered to provide salt for Ghana’s petrochemical industry.
Mr Bagbin urged the contractor to work assiduously to ensure that theproject is completed in time.
The project Manager, Mr Shaul Nevo, said the company was working diligently to complete the project as scheduled but stated that theonly challenge was the rising waves in the evening which makes it
difficult to work.
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