Kaneshie and its environs flooded

By
Joyce Danso, GNA

Accra, Nov. 21, GNA
– Kaneshie and its environs were flooded following a down pour on Thursday
morning.

Areas badly hit by
the floods include the Obetsebi-Lamptey roundabouts, First Light, Kaneshie
Footbridge, Pambrom and parts of Abossey Okai. Many shops along the Kaneshie
highway also had their good submerged in the rain water.

Some drivers found
it difficult to drive through the floods and drove slowly and with this some
even got stuck in the middle of the road.

Drivers had to drive
through seeking safe spots for passengers to alight.

Passengers were also
seen stranded as they were unable to cross over to various destinations.

Some youth also cashed
in on the situation as they ferried both the young and old on their back in the
bid to help them board vehicles to their various destination.

The men charged
between GH¢ 1.00 and GH¢2.00 before one was transported for the short distance.

Akosua Ataa told the
Ghana News Agency that she was to alight at the Kaneshie Roundabout to transact
business in a bank but she was taken to the Kaneshie market because the various
bus stops were all flooded.

She said she had to
spend more than one hour before the driver of her bus could find a safe place
for her to alight.

Some market women
that the GNA spoke with said the flood had carried along some of their goods
and were unable to retrieve them.

They attributed the
floods not only to choked drains but also to the ongoing construction work in
the area.

GNA