Akosombo Dam spillage: No victim will be left unattended to – VRA vows
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has vowed to ensure that every victim of the latest spillage of the Akosombo Dam is offered the needed support.
The Authority said will also ensure the speedy delivery of needed essentials to the affected communities.
In a press statement, VRA said it “will do everything possible to get them back to comfort.”
“VRA vows to stand with these communities until the spilling ends. We are committed to intensifying the relief supplies for the affected communities,” the statement said.
Already, it has donated relief items worth over a million Ghana Cedis to thousands of flood victims in all nine affected districts.
The items include toiletries, bags of rice and sugar, plastic buckets with bowls, mattresses, canned foods, and drinking water, among others.
The Authority is also supplying affected residents with potable water through both sachet water distribution and water tanker services.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo is today, Monday, October 16, 2023, expected to tour affected communities devastated by the spillage of excess water from the Akosombo dam.
The tour comes after the President set up a nine-member inter-ministerial committee headed by the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare to coordinate the distribution of relief items for victims affected by the spillage.
The President is expected to announce a major government intervention after interacting with residents and opinion leaders.
The Volta River Authority initiated the release of excess water from the Akosombo Hydro Dam on September 15, 2023, due to the rising water levels in the dam, resulting in flooding in nine downstream districts.
Engineers at the Authority have reported that the current inflow of water to the reservoir is approximately 400,000 cubic feet per second, while it is releasing approximately 183,000 cubic feet of that volume per second.
Even at this rate, the dam has only about a foot of space left to reach full capacity.
Nonetheless, the Volta River Authority maintains its commitment to striking a delicate balance between safeguarding the integrity of the Akosombo Dam and mitigating the impact of the flood on lives and properties.
Source: Ghana News
