As the rainy season approaches, many Ghanaians worry about flooding in the city<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is working to minimize the impact of perennial floods in the Accra metropolis.<\/p>\n
It has begun desilting storm drains ahead of the rainy season to prevent flooding.<\/p>\n
As the rainy season approaches, many Ghanaians and most residents in Accra worry about flooding in the city.<\/p>\n
In previous years, many people have lost their lives in tragedies such as the June 3 disaster which claimed over 100 lives.
\nIt is quite usual that such heavy downpour wreak havoc in parts of the city, destroying lives and properties.<\/p>\n
But, Public Relations Officer for the AMA, Gilbert Ankrah says his outfit is adequately prepared to avert such incidents.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurrently the Odaw stream going all the way to the Korle is going to be desilted from next week. The main reason why that has delayed a bit is the illegal structures that have sprung around that very enclave. But we have given them notices and clearing have begun. But assurances are that from next week, we are going to do that work. All the other areas within the Assembly are also going to see such desilting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Ankrah also advised residents to be mindful of their activities and not sabotage the plans of the Assembly.<\/p>\n
\u201cActually, it has begun with road side drains but it is important that much as we [take] all these measures to maintain the drains, citizens must also be responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many homes and offices are at risk of flooding<\/b><\/p>\n
Parts of the capital, such as Kwame Nkrumah interchange, Odawna, Adabraka, Okponglo, part of Weija, are badly affected during such periods.<\/p>\n
Many have partly blamed the siting of structures on waterways, and blocking of drainage systems for the flooding.<\/p>\n
Tackling floods: We need a new city outside Accra \u2013 Kofi Adams<\/b><\/p>\n
A former National Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress NDC, Kofi Adams, is of the view that developing another city outside the national capital Accra, will curtail the perennial flooding in the city.<\/p>\n
According to him, interventions by city authorities will not work because Accra is overpopulated.<\/p>\n
Mr. Adams stated that the government can decongest Accra by moving some offices out of the city.<\/p>\n
He said the huge amount being targeted by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to reconstruct the city\u2019s drainage and sewage system, can be committed into building a new city.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe solutions to flooding in Accra is not about continuing to do what we have done over the years that hasn\u2019t worked, the solution is to build another city. Accra currently is choked, the government should start relocating some of its offices outside Accra. This will move some persons out, so you decongest the city,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"General News of Sunday, 7 April 2019 Source: citinewsroom.com 2019-04-07 As the rainy season approaches, many Ghanaians worry about flooding in the city The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is working to minimize the impact of perennial floods in the Accra metropolis. It has begun desilting storm drains ahead of the rainy season to prevent flooding. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":605896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
AMA begins desilting drains ahead of rainy season to prevent flooding - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"AMA begins desilting drains ahead of rainy season to prevent flooding - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Sunday, 7 April 2019 Source: citinewsroom.com 2019-04-07 As the rainy season approaches, many Ghanaians worry about flooding in the city The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is working to minimize the impact of perennial floods in the Accra metropolis. It has begun desilting storm drains ahead of the rainy season to prevent flooding. […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/07\\\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/07\\\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"AMA begins desilting drains ahead of rainy season to prevent flooding\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-07T20:00:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/07\\\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":479,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/07\\\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/07\\\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/07\\\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/07\\\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\\\/\",\"name\":\"AMA begins desilting drains ahead of rainy season to prevent flooding - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/07\\\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/07\\\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-07T20:00:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/07\\\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/07\\\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"AMA begins desilting drains ahead of rainy season to prevent flooding - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"AMA begins desilting drains ahead of rainy season to prevent flooding - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"General News of Sunday, 7 April 2019 Source: citinewsroom.com 2019-04-07 As the rainy season approaches, many Ghanaians worry about flooding in the city The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is working to minimize the impact of perennial floods in the Accra metropolis. It has begun desilting storm drains ahead of the rainy season to prevent flooding. […]","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"AMA begins desilting drains ahead of rainy season to prevent flooding","datePublished":"2019-04-07T20:00:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/"},"wordCount":479,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/","name":"AMA begins desilting drains ahead of rainy season to prevent flooding - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2019-04-07T20:00:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/07\/ama-begins-desilting-drains-ahead-of-rainy-season-to-prevent-flooding\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Dansoman](\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/47759870.295.jpg\" "\\"Dansoman")
As the rainy season approaches, many Ghanaians worry about flooding in the city<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n