Over 1,000 people have reportedly been displaced after heavy downpour in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday evening October 6, 2020.
A number of properties were destroyed while at least one building collapsed in the capital, Kumasi.
Some of the areas affected by the floods include Aboabo Pelele, Atafoa, Dechemso, Ohwim, Amanfrom and Asuofua, Sokoban, among others.
The victims have called for the intervention of the government, Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) and National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) over the perennial flooding in the metropolis.
They attributed the situation to ongoing construction of drains and poor sanitation in the metropolis.
“We didn’t sleep last night and we don’t have anywhere to go. All our properties have been destroyed while others have been washed away. Even what to eat today has become a nightmare,” they said.
Meanwhile, a 55-year-old man, Tetteh Wulolus, whose building collapsed at Sokoban Wood Village in the Nhyiaeso constituency, expressed worry about flood situation in the area.
According to him “I sustained injuries when the building collapsed. I was asleep with my wife and children and I realised that the building has collapsed around 3am.”
Assemblyman for Sokoban Wood Village Electoral Area, Kwadwo Boateng, said the assembly will soon embark on an exercise to pull down structures standing in water ways to check the flooding.
