People's Forum: Residents at Nanakrom cry over perennial flooding - Adomonline.com

This has become more like routine occurrence residents are used to when the lagoon in the area overflows its banks but they want to change the status quo.

They said they always flee their homes while others look on helplessly as their items are swept away by the flood.

Some distraught women in the area said they have to scoop water from their rooms before their families can gain access to the house.

Others who have lived in the area for over 10 years blamed the development on people who have built on waterways leading to the destruction of property and loss of lives in the area.

In the interim, they urged the Adentan Municipal Assembly to do routine desilting of a lagoon in the area to prevent it from being choked.

He said those who have built on waterways and heaping rubbish at the bank of the lagoon are part of the problem.

However, Alhaji Suraj said they dredge the lagoon periodically to ensure free flow of the running water to avoid unexpected flooding.