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General News of Saturday, June 8, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-06-08
Samuel Atta-Akyea, Minister of Public Works and Housing
An estimated $ 5.6 billion is needed to permanently deal with persistent floods in Accra and other parts of the country.
To achieve this, the firm must consider a financial engineering mechanism.
The Minister of Public Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, told Parliament this while answering questions on the government's plan to deal with the problem of persistent floods in the country.
"The total amount of rainfall losses in Ghana is estimated at $ 5.6 billion. The government will soon examine the financial means needed to deal with this long-standing problem that has been shaking the country since Nkrumah's day. days, "said the minister.
Atta Akyea said the country deserved "environmentally-friendly but capital-intensive underground drains that would eliminate the" annual ritual of desilting when it's raining ".
Several hours of rain Thursday left new areas flooded.
The Odaw River has overflowed its banks, causing flooding of the Adabraka Sahara.
Residents had to leave their rooms for security reasons as floodwaters flooded the area.
Several roads have also been made difficult to drive by floodwaters.
Following torrential rain, the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has deployed men to various locations to monitor and badist people at risk of flooding.
NADMO's communications officer, George Ayisi, told Citi News that the organization had deployed its logistics in the flood zones to intervene if necessary.
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