Some illegal structures erected at the Weija-Dansoman Ramsar sites have yesterday been pulled down by the Greater Accra Regional Minister and a delegation of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC).
This followed a directive from the President, John Dramani Mahama, to immediately implement measures to restore the ramsar sites and a water retention basin at Mallam Junction in Accra when he embarked on a working tour of some flood-prone areas in the capital.
Ms Linda Akweley Ocloo (middle) addressing themedia after the demolition exercise The Ghanaian Times observed that, the site which lies beneath the Mallam Junction Interchange has virtually been filled with gravel and turned into a plane field in readiness for habitation by the private firm, Caitec Motors, while a lot of permanent buildings were erected at Dansoman Ramsar site.
While some in the flood prone areas were completely pulled down, others buildings had their walls demolished to serve as a warning to the property owners before they could be served official notice to evacuate and pull the building to the ground.
