Bagre Dam Spillage Kills 6

Two farmers at the Mamprugu Moaduri District of the North East Region died while trying to harvest from their maize field which was flooded as a result of the continuous spillage of the Bagre Dam.

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in the North East Region confirmed the incident to Citi News yesterday.

This brings the number of persons killed due to excessive spillage in parts of the North East Region to six (6).

The deceased persons according to NADMO are farmers working on crops at the banks of the White Volta.

“We had two more deaths from the Mamprugu Moaduri District because their farmlands have been submerged in waters…It was only yesterday that their bodies were discovered” the North East Regional Director of NADMO, John Kweku Alhassan said.

He further said, “one of the deceased comes from Fumbisi, a town around Bulsa South District in the Upper East Region.”

The previous deaths were recorded at Janga in the West Mamprusi Municipality, Langbinsi in the East Mamprusi Municipality and Bunkpurugu in the Bunkpurugu District according to the National Disaster Management Organisation in the region.

Swathes of farmlands have also been submerged.

Mr. Alhassan, however, told Citi News that his department will be unable to conduct a proper assessment of the situation due to the water level.

“Due to the water level, we are unable to carry proper assessment. We are planning to brief the minister and see if we can begin monitoring by Tuesday,” he said.

In a related development a number of communities in the Region have also become inaccessible following days of downpour and the subsequent spillage of water from the dam.

Sources say Chereponi, Kpasinkpe, and some other communities in the Mamprugu and Moaduru District cannot be accessed except through Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region.

Also, the Adali Brigde in the Chereponi District has been damaged, making it difficult for people in the area to cross to other communities.

Speaking to JoyNews’, the North East Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Mr. Alhassan said the situation has made it impossible for the Organisation to deliver relief items to most of the locals who have been trapped by the flood.

 

Source: Joynews/Citinews