Floods All Over
By Daily Graphic - Daily Graphic Regional News | Fri, 01 Aug 2008
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Torrential rains yesterday morning flooded some parts of Accra, leaving roads impassable. Some residents had to stay indoors till the flood waters receded to avoid falling into open drains.
At Teshie Abomah, a middle-aged man who was swept away by the flood waters was saved by the branches of a Nim tree near a huge drain.
Mr Sammy Adjei, who took the man to hospital, said at about 6.00 a.m. he heard people shouting that someone was being swept away by the flood waters.
He said he came out only to find the man trapped by the branches of the tree close to his house.
At Teshie Nungua, some schools declared the day a holiday for their pupils because their classrooms were flooded.
The Mount Mary Preparatory at 'A' Life Junction, off the Nungua road, and some buildings along the Teshie-Nungua road were flooded.
At Tabibiano in Teshie, flood waters swept away one side of the main culvert over a stream in the area.
The road serves as a main bypass for motorists from Tema, Lashibi and Sakumono through the “bush road” to the Trade Fair site.
It was also used as a diversion for motorists during the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) conference.
According to the Assembly Member for the area, Mr James Ayiku Narh, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area had been duly informed of the poor nature of the road.
However, he said, nothing had been done and that it was through the communal spirit of the people in the area that the road had been kept in shape.
“We need an urgent response to the situation, since people will not be able to use vehicles on the route. This is beyond the community,” he said.
Mr Abraham Laryea, a resident who corroborated what the assembly member said, indicated that the road helped to ease traffic on the main Teshie-Nungua road, hence the need to give it urgent attention.
Parts of Mataheko were also hit by the floods. Business at the Goil Filling Station off the Graphic Road delayed because attendants had no shelter under which to stand to offer services.
Vehicles that went to the station to be served got stuck in the mud which had piled there.
Workers of a company near the filling station were stranded outside the building as the yard was flooded. Continued
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Floods All Over
Kwabena | Dortmund-Germany (Location: Germany) | 8/1/2008 8:02:00 PM
begin to build a new national capital now as accra is already choked up. don't forget to think about environmental polution which stand a potential position for the global warming, flooding and wind storm that we are seeing these days.it is however, quite disheartening and surprising to realise that past and present governments have never ever had/have it on their agenda to address the problem.they come and go without doing anything obvious about it. quite recently when the president. mr kuffour and some selected african leaders joined the g8 in japan for their usual annual conference, this question of global warming was discussed. what move has he as a participant and leader of his government taken to control the situation? interestingly, non of the presidential candidates who wants to become the next president has ever pronounced it in their campaigning about this subject of global warming and it's consequencies.instead they go round preaching impossibilities. let me say here that you are all visionless- aspiring leaders. come to germany here and see for yourself how seriously they are fighting the problem. please wake-up ghana decision-makers. initiate tree planting programms and check on those who indiscrinately fell trees thereby causing deaforestation.please,let every one try his widow's mite to maintain good health for our great mother, GHANA.
