The Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) has directed residents in communities along River Tordze not to use the water from the river until further notice, following the contamination of the river at Torve in the Republic of Togo.
The Chief Director of the VRCC, Mr Augustus K.
Awity, announced that the attention of the Council was drawn to the contamination of the River Tordzi in the Republic of Togo, following a spillage of agrochemicals into the River Tordze, when the truck was involved in an accident on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
The Chief Director, who made this known to journalists in Ho on the incident, stated that River Tordze was one of the tributaries of the Volta River, and it was essential to assess the level of contamination in the Tordze River and its adjoining water bodies in Ghana before declaring the river safe for human consumption.
