Samuel Atta Akyea, Minister of Works & Housing, has said that an amount of about US$ 10 billion would be needed,
To construct subterranean drains to help deal with the country’s perennial flooding.
According to the minister, He stated that;
“we do not have a choice, “we would have to tackle this by going to the capital/bond market to raise about US$10 billion to undertake such a project.”
“I am of the humble view that in the long-run constructing subterranean drains would pay off instead of the country having to pay more money for the yearly desilting of drains and gutters,”
The minister said he made an observation whiles on tour to kick-start an exercise of actively
involving communities to desilt their gutters in flood-prone areas in Accra.
The ‘desilt choked gutters exercise’ is a collaboration between the Ministries of Works and Housing,
Local Government and Rural Development, Sanitation and Water Resources, Dredge Masters, Zoomlion Ghana Limited and the Assemblies.
It is aimed at ensuring that the drains and gutters within communities, especially flood-prone areas.
