Ten days of continuous rains have caused the Birim River to overflow its banks, rendering more than 150 people at Akyem Oda Zongo homeless.
The floodwaters from the river also damaged more than 100 houses and other personal belongings such as beds, mattresses, television sets, fridges, deep freezers and electronic gadgets.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Birim Central, Ms Victoria Adu, and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oda, Mr William Agyapong Quaittoo, have visited the victims and presented them with some relief items.
The MCE, on behalf of the Municipal Assembly, presented the victims with 100 plastic buckets, 50 plastic washing bowls, 100 drinking cups and 100 mosquito nets while the MP donated 100 student mattresses and 100 pillows.
In his interaction with the victims, Mr Quaittoo said the donations were supplementary relief items, and that enhanced relief items would be supplied to them by the
National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in due time.
The MP attributed the continuous flooding in the area whenever it rained heavily to indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drains by the residents.
