Principal Stool Elder, heads and opinion leaders of Tetegu community in the Greater Accra Region yesterday called on the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Ga South Municipal Assembly, Mr. Joseph Nyarni Stephen, to ensure the continuation of all abandoned projects in the community.
A delegation, including Naa Kafui Kuwonu, Queenmother, Happy Atukpa, Asafoatse, Livingston Atukpa, linguist, among other elders, led by the Principal Stool Elder, Elias A. Dormeny Vorvornu, yesterday paid a courtesy call on the MCE to welcome him to office.
They also used the opportunity to draw his attention to all projects that have been left unattended to under the previous administration.
According to the Principal Stool Elder, the work in the Ga South municipality was enormous which he said, required high commitment and dedication.
He, pledged, his support for Joseph Nyarni Stephen in the discharge of his duties.
Cataloguing some projects that needed attention, Mr. Vorvornu stressed that the dredging of the Densu river to avoid flooding of the Tetegu community was dear to their hearts and will continue to appeal to government to intervene in that regard.
Briefing the MCE, the principal elder explained that the only solution to the issue of flooding in the Weija Dam catchment area which was as a result of the spillage of the Weija Dam was to dredge the Densu river.
According to him, the decision by management of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to spill the dam without following the plan that was put in place before its construction” has made life unbearable for them.
He disclosed that there was a plan to spill the dam at a regulated flow to avoid flooding, but unfortunately management of the Weija Dam disregarded the plan.
He indicated that, the spilling should be maintained at its original depth of 25 ft deep while the entry point into the sea should also be kept open before the spillage to avoid flooding.
“We think that if this exercise is checked by officials of the GWCL before the spillage of the water, there would be no flooding,” he said.
He told the MCE that the Weija Dam, as part of its operations, had a plan that dictated how the water should be spilled to avoid chaos, but the failure on the part of the GWCL to execute the plan has resulted in the constant flooding in the area.
He said the recent spillage of the Weija Dam affected a total of 1,086 residents as well as the destruction of properties, and pointed out that since 1968, there had been continuous flooding at Tetegu, Oblogo and its surrounding communities anytime management undertook the spillage exercise.
“Our community was founded in the year 1740 before the Weija Dam was built. And before then, the Densu river had its normal flow into the sea and did not affect the Tetegu community and its surroundings,” he said.
According to him, when the dam was built in 1910, “it broke its banks in 1968 and flooded Tetegu and its surrounding areas such as Oblogo, Sampama, Tsokome and Fana.”
He stressed the need for the Department of Urban Roads, the Hydrology Department of the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, Works and Housing as well as the Ga South Municipal Assembly to see to the construction of a drainage system which started years ago.
He indicated that, there was the need for the extension of four inches pipe line laid in the community to other areas in the town and “…proposed road to be gravelled through the community being captured by Feeder Road and published by Ghanaian Times in February this year, 2017.”
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