Over 1,000 lockable shops flooded at Central Market; traders blame contractor for the mess

Traders occupying 20 percent of the Kumasi Central Market say wares in over 1,000 shops have been destroyed in Wednesday’s flooding.

But the contractors have denied causing the floods.

The flood victims have been cleaning and counting their losses.

They have called on NDMO to help them recover.

Meanwhile, the construction firm, Contracta, has denied causing the flooding.

Consultant Emmanuel Danso says they have only taken measures to sieve the  debris in the gutters that are connected to the Subin stream at the market.

‘We have placed net in major gutters connected to the subin-stream, to seperate the solid waste from the liquid to flow freely in the subin-stream thereby avoiding flooding at the Multimillion market; Debries left behind the sieves are in volumes and that is causing flooding so people including the traders should desist from dumping solid waste in gutters, we will continue to do that even after completion of second phase of the market.”