PROACTIVE MEASURE TO CURB FLOOD IN ELLEMBELLE

Story: Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Aiyinase
Ellembelle District, one of the badly affected districts in the Western Region in the recent flood has adopted proactive measure to ensure that the people did not suffer in the next raining season.
The District Chief Executive, Mr Daniel K. Eshun and his team had started a tour of the 13 communities within his jurisdiction to educate them to seek their opinions the next way forward and their next line of action.
He said the assembly was also in the process of securing a grader to shape to roads that were affected in the last flood and also create path for the anticipated heavy flood waters.
Mr Eshun said the rains last year brought a lot of trauma to the people as well as halted economic activities for months and destroy properties and farm produce worth thousands of Ghana Cedi.
The DCE said “it was just right that even before the intended advertised road construction by the government commences, we at the assembly to start work on some of the badly affected areas.”
He observed that due to the nature of the road, cocoa produced at Aiyinasi North could not access the buying centers in the district. And that the farmers had to go through hell accessing buying centers.
Giving the current state of the road, even though the people of Aiyinase were part of the district, one had to travel through Tarkwa, Asankragwa in about eight-hours before they could access the district.
This he said did not auger well for the development of the local economy and must be reversed through self help and governmental support.
Mr Eshun said the Aiyinase-Nyamebekyere-Asomase roads were very important for people in these areas saying “when constructed it could take the inhabitant less than two-hours to get to Aiyinase North and also facilitate farmers to send their cocoa to the buying centers in the district to enable the district earn revenue.”
At New Adiembra, the people said their main concern was the road and appealed to the government through the DCE to give them little attention as they described the current and sad and the felt they were cut off from the rest of the country.
The bad nature of the road according the people was also preventing agriculture extension officers to visit them to educate them on new farming practices.
The three-day tour also took the DCE and his team made up of the district engineer, town and country planning officer, Agric officer, education officer and other members of the Assembly to New Adiembra, Ananekrom, Dadwen, Kroboline, Asomase, Bonsukrom,Basake No.
Other places visited include Kwasikrom, Adjeikrom.Santaso, Mondumgbane and Aidoo Suazo Ewerekosuazo.