Residents along the banks of the White Volta River have been admonished to take precau­tionary measures as the annual spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso is expected to commence today. They are to evacuate to highlands to avert the flooding and devastating impact the spillage has on communities in the area. The caution is contained in an alert issued by authorities SONABEL, the Power Utility of Burkina Faso to an­nounce plans to spill the dam follow­ing the rising level of the water since August 2, this year. Signed by the country Basin Direc­tor, Jesse Kazapoe, the alert said if the dam was not spilled, it would have adverse ramifications on human life and property in lots of communities in the landlocked country. It said the Water Resources Commis­sion had been advised to take precau­tions because of the consequences of the overflow of the water on the river banks. "Updates from SONABEL this afternoon indicate that, the upstream level of the dam is 232.82m and rising.