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<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta-Akyea, has said the cycle of flooding and desilting drains in Accra will continue if a permanent solution is not adopted.<\/p>\n
Appearing before Parliament on Wednesday morning after he had been summoned,\u00a0Atta-Akyea said the desilting of drains was once again the “quick fix” measure put in place to prevent flooding ahead of the rainy season.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”KbjVgUHOinzr6RqBXK1eBniGmApZsEIX”]The Minister, however said the GHc 5.5 million allocated for the desilting was not even enough.<\/p>\n
“Desilting is going on and they are dredging the Odaw River and the rest of them. So when we take out the silt for easy flow [of runoff\u00a0water], you won’t have that kind of spillover which is always disastrous. This is the immediate solution.”<\/p>\n
“But I am saying that if Ghana should have a permanent solution, we should go to places where you will not see filth floating in drains. You won’t see any sewage. Everything is underground and it is going to cost this country huge sums of money but we better start to have a permanent fix,” Mr. Atta-Akyea said.<\/p>\n
Without this permanent solution, he said the cycle of seeking funds for desilting drains which will eventually be filled with rubbish again “will never end.”<\/p>\n
A year ago, Mr. Atta-Akyea, made similar comments\u00a0ahead of the rainy season saying it will cost Ghana over $700 million to effectively and permanently deal with the perennial flooding in the Greater Accra Region alone.<\/p>\n
He held that Ghana had the technical expertise to deal with the flooding once and for all but was only in need of funds.<\/p>\n
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