Allosmediagh.com Allosmediagh.com l Latest News, Politics, Sports, Entertainment
The government has established a 13-person inter-ministerial committee to handle matters pertaining to the flood brought on by the spillage of the Akosombo dam.
The Chief of Staff serves as the committee’s chair.
Ministers of national security, interior, defense, energy, finance, local government, works and housing, roads and highways, environment, sanitation, lands and natural resources, and information make up the group.
According to a statement made by Kojo Joopong Nkrumah, the information minister, the committee was established at the president’s request on Friday, October 13.
The North Tingu Consitucy’s Mepe and Battor communities, among others, have been seriously impacted by the flood caused by the leakage.
According to the Vola River Authority (VRA), the Akosombo dam spillover is anticipated to last until the lake’s overflowing waters subside.
The lake is currently receiving greater inflows than anticipated, according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the VRA, Mr. Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa, therefore the spillage will continue.
We are currently in phase II of the spillage, which is a cycle. We frequently have inflows at this time of year, which is typical.
The difference is that we are receiving more than we anticipated, which implies that we must leak water to protect this dam. This is typical procedure for any hydro dam, but the current inflows are excessive.
He told reporters on Thursday, October 12, “Definitely, as the cycle goes through this will recede so we are hoping it will recede in the next time.”
The Lower Volta Basin floods brought on by the spilling from the Akosombo and Kpong Dams were attributed to the VRA’s alleged negligence of its duties there.
“The spilling may continue even if we expect the levels to drop down to phase 1, which began on September 15; but, naturally, we did not have much excess as we are witnessing today, this is an emergency as we have seen from the beginning.
