NADMO CAUTIONS PUBLIC AGAINST FLOOD AHEAD OF THE RAINY SEASON

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has cautioned the public against indiscriminate waste disposal ahead of the rainy season to avoid floods.

The Ga East Municipal Director of NADMO, Seth Kofi Osei Kissi in a press briefing today to sensitize residents cited choked gutters and poor drainage systems in the Ga East Municipality and the country as a whole as some of the causes of floods.

He advised the people to change their attitudes towards waste management, as waste materials choke the gutters and stifle free flow of water, which causes flooding during heavy rains.

Seth Kofi Osei Kissi noted that the Organisation had put in place measures to avert possible flood disaster in the municipality.

Those measures he said, included community sensitisation, particularly those along river banks, flood management practices, as well as providing the communities with information from the Meteorological Agency to enable them to guard against floods.

The Ga East Municipal NADMO Director concluded that the organisation was well equipped to provide relief items to victims of disaster, its focus was on the prevention of the disaster.

Story by: Appiah Kubi/Ahotoronline.com