Residents live in fear as Bole Dam overflows its boundaries

Residents and motorists within the Bole township of the Savannah region fear the dilapidated state of the Bole dam has become a time bomb waiting to explode.

According to residents of the community, the dam has become inaccessible due to its sorry and risky state.

The dam which is located on the Bole-Techiman highway has eaten up portions of the road forcing pedestrians and motorists to fight for the remaining portion of the road.

However, on Wednesday dawn, 19th September,2023, the dam overflowed its boundaries flooding the road and the homes of residents nearby.

Some residents have expressed worry that if government and town authorities fail to intervene, any downpour could lead to the collapse of the bridge of the dam making the bole township and the upper west region inaccessible to travelers from the southern part of the country.

Mariam Abdul-Rahma, a resident around the dam said “we couldn’t sleep yesternight.

The dam became full and flown across the road into our houses.

We pray government comes to our aid if not the bridge here will collapse just like the one in Doli and we the residents here cannot go to town to ply our business”

A bus conductor, Adams Alpha added saying “it is very risky to use a car on this road.

The water has eaten into portions of the road so when we get here we have to slow down.

Bole links Ghana to the upper west region and Burkina Faso and all the long trucks use this stretch so we plead with the government to intervene for us”.

By Issah Zakariah/Akoma fm/ 3news.com