{"id":1234458,"date":"2022-10-25T21:26:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T21:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/vra-warns-of-possible-spillage-from-akosombo-kpong-dams\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T21:26:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T21:26:38","slug":"vra-warns-of-possible-spillage-from-akosombo-kpong-dams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/vra-warns-of-possible-spillage-from-akosombo-kpong-dams\/","title":{"rendered":"VRA warns of possible spillage from Akosombo, Kpong Dams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>The Volta River Authority (VRA) has warned of a possible controlled spillage from the Akosombo and Kpong Dams.<\/p>\n<p>The Authority in a statement on Tuesday said it has observed a consistent high rise in the Akosombo reservoir elevations over the past few weeks. It said if the rise continues, it could result in a controlled spillage from November 1 to maintain the integrity of the Dam.<\/p>\n<p>According to VRA, the elevation of the reservoir is 273.70 feet as of October 25 and it is expected to reach its maximum operational level of 276 feet in the next eleven days.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"837\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/VRA-cAUTION.jpg\" alt=\"VRA warns of possible spillage from Akosombo, Kpong Dams\" class=\"wp-image-10032196372 lazy\"  data- title=\"VRA warns of possible spillage from Akosombo, Kpong Dams\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to monitor and review the inflow situation,\u201d VRA said in its statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; overflow:hidden;margin:20px auto; width:100%; min-height:280px;\">\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Volta River Authority (VRA) has warned of a possible controlled spillage from the Akosombo and Kpong Dams. The Authority in a statement on Tuesday said it has observed a consistent high rise in the Akosombo reservoir elevations over the past few weeks. It said if the rise continues, it could result in a controlled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1234460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[6313,28009,28010,24966,2759,170],"class_list":["post-1234458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-akosombo","tag-dams","tag-kpong","tag-spillage","tag-vra","tag-warns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1234458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1234458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1234458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1234458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}