Story: Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Manso
THE people of Manso in the Wassa Mporhor District in the Western Region have called for the construction of a bridge over the Whin River to avert a looming disaster.
At the moment very weak logs have been used for a temporary bridge to enable people from Enyinase, Kromatery, Baumfrie and Kwamedabakrom to make their journey to Manso township.
The weak wooden bridge is used daily by schoolchildren from three towns to attend school at Manso which is about two and half miles away.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic, the stool secretary of Preso Traditional Area, Mr Samuel Kofi Ben-Safo, said their main concern was the schoolchildren who sometimes had to be escorted by an elderly person before they could cross the bridge to school.
“If we are not careful and it collapses when children are crossing from school, then we should be ready for the pain,” he added.
“The daily economic and social lives of the people of these towns are done on foot. There is no vehicular movement in the towns because of the bad road and the bridge,” he added.
“Either rain or shine we have to endure the heat and the dust to get to our destinations, that is our story because we do not have other alternatives,” he said.
Mr Ben-Safo said, at the moment the community needed a little attention to make life comfortable for the people because they were completely cut off from the rest of the region.
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