The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) says it will work with the Ho Municipal Assembly to ensure that structures built on waterways are pulled down.
This comes after a 3-hour rainfall led to the overflow of major drainage systems, with many shops and residential areas having experienced the impact of the flooding. The situation forced some residents to seek shelter in the homes of others.
In an interview with Citi News, the Regional National Disaster Management Organization Director, Ivy Amewuga said her outfit is also assessing the extent of damage.
“My officers and I are on the grounds, and we are still taking the assessment report and then the necessary actions that need to be taken for the final results to help us know the total number of people that are affected.”
“As to the causes, we realised that some people had structures on waterways, and it is the duty of the Assembly to ensure that those structures are pulled down and so the action will begin, and we will follow closely to ensure that those structures are pulled down,” Madam Ivy added.
In a related development, Saturday’s torrential rains have flooded and collapsed several stores around the Asogli palace with damages running into millions of cedis.
The rainfall, which lasted for about two hours caused a major storm drain traversing the Asogli palace to overflow, flooding the frontage of the palace to a depth of about four feet of flood water.
A resident of the palace told the GNA the flood water forced its way through a chain of stores bounding the yard, collapsing several and sweeping away varying goods including bales of cloth and beauty products.
Several people in the neighborhood including shop owners could be seen salvaging from the retail shops and buildings the flood had crushed amidst wailing and lamentation.