Residents breathe sigh of relief as Bayelsa intensifies flood mitigation
•Swamp buggies clear channels By Samuel Oyadongha YENAGOA — The Bayelsa State Directorate of Flood and Erosion Control has stepped up efforts to prevent annual flooding in Yenagoa, the state capital, with heavy machinery currently clearing accumulated silt and waste from the water channels across the city.
In the Azikoro upstream area, where a swamp buggy is clearing the channel linking Cemetery Culvert and the CBN Channels, a young boy named Imomotimi, barely 14 years old, said: “Last year, we could not play football because the field was underwater for three months.” The Directorate, NDV learned, has deployed geospatial technology to identify 54 natural water channels in the Yenagoa area, far exceeding the nine previously known, a feat that has impressed environmental experts.
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