The Northern Regional minister Alhaji Shani Alhasan Shaibu said moves by the Ghana Water Company Limited to temporarily shutdown the Tamale water treatment plant may bring some discomfort to residents.
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in a statement outlined the five Northern Regions, the Northern parts of the Oti Region and the Afram Plains of the Eastern Region in this regard.
The spillage of the Bagre dam from neighbouring Burkina Faso is done annually to prevent any breakage of the dam’s banks.
“The consequences of this spillage downstream in Ghana is the possible overflow of the banks of the White and Black Volta,” NADMO noted in the statement.
In this regard, NADMO has again urged all communities along the banks of these Rivers to move to higher grounds and Safe Havens identified in the affected Regions.
NADMO has partnered with the Marine Police and the 48 Engineers Regiment of the Ghana Army and will pitch camp at Walewale in the North-East Region.
The organisation has in the past struggled to come up with adequate relief items to cater for all persons who may be affected by the spillage.
The Ghana Water Company Limited last week announced that it may be forced to shutdown its treatment plant due to excess water from the Bagre Dam spillage.
The company said the plant has reached its capacity.
However the Northern Regional minister Alhaji Shani Alhasan Shaibu said shutting down will bring undue hardship onto his residents.
Story by: Teacher Kojo / Ahotoronline.com
