Hundreds of residents of Dawhenya near Prampram in the Greater Accra Region have been displaced following the flooding of their homes caused by the spillage of an irrigation dam in the area.
Some affected residents who spoke to a private radio station said the water is at the window level of their houses.
“The flooding is said to have started yesterday. Residents say it has affected several houses in the area. Although the irrigation project sometimes exceeds its banks, residents insist that this recent spillage “is very serious.
The Assembly Member for the area, Richard Mohammed, said more than 200 houses have been affected. He said this is the third time this year.
Meanwhile, the Scheme Manager for the Dawhenya Dam project, Samuel Tetteh, said they are not to be blamed for the flooding. He said the dam is structured in a way that it spills excess water by itself adding that recent heavy rains exacerbated the situation.
He said what happened is from another stream that flows every two to three years. This stream comes from the Shai Hills area, adding to the dam’s stream and causing the flood, not from the main dam.
Normally depending on the rainfall at the upstream in the Dodowa areas it can flood for about two to three days.
This comes on the back of the spillage of the Akosombo Dam, which displaced more than 30 thousand persons who live along the Volta basin.
SOURCE: CITINEWS
