Buildings submerged in water as parts of Nkroful get flooded

Parts of Nkroful in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region is submerged in water following a downpour which lasted for an hour.The floods which destroyed property worth millions of cedis also displaced

hundreds of people. Some of the victims attributed the flood to galamsey activities behind the Nkroful Agricultural Senior High School (NASS) and parts of the Nkroful township. According to the victims, the

galamsey pits remain uncovered, a situation that contaminated their main source of drinking water, the River Subre. The residents said they now live in “fear and panic” as the coming rains could wreak more havoc on the affected communities.

According to the victims, several complaints to the District Assembly have fallen on deaf ears. The District Chief Executive for Ellembelle Kwasi Bonzoh said,” it is not true that it is galamsey activities that have led to the flood”.

He ascribed the flood which he described as “a perennial problem”, to a bridge constructed by Adamus Resources Ltd., a gold prospecting mining company linking the old and new sites of the company.

Mr. Bonzoh lamented that “the bridge is narrow as such, the water cannot flow” leading to the flood. The DCE said Adamus should be held responsible for the shoddy works leading to the floods.