By: Samuel Ayammah
Residents of Sawaba and Sunkwa-Magazine electoral areas in the Kintampo Township of the Bono East Region are unhappy with local officials for what they say is their failure to construct proper drainages and de-silt existing gutters in the areas.
Contrary to expectations that choked and stinking drains will be desilted of filth and floods will not be experienced when it rains, some residents say the dumping of refuse has choked the gutters.
They appealed to the local authorizes to come to their aid
According to GBC’s Bono East Regional Correspondent, at the Sawaba electoral area, a wide, dirty stinking gutter runs through the heart of the Kintampo Township.
The open drain filled with dirty water and garbage including tons of used plastic bottles, polythene with flies hovering over, shares boundaries with open-house compounds with household activities conducted right at the edge.
Fowls were also seen, scavenging on the filth and thereafter possibly make their way into homes with the filth, posing further health risks to the inhabitants.
Speaking to GBC NEWS, some residents say though they occasionally organize self-help activities to de-silt the stinking drainage, the situation returns to same days later due to the actions of irresponsible residents who continue to dump garbage into the open drains.
The situation is no different at the Sunkwa-Magazine electoral area where waste water sprawls through parts of the community on the bare ground due to lack of a proper drainage system.
Some residents who spoke to GBC NEWS bemoaned the health implications of the situation on the community.
The Assembly Member for the Sunkwa-Magazine electoral area, Mr. Bright Adom, said all efforts to get the local authorities to address the problem have proven futile.
When contacted, the MCE for Kintampo North, Mr. Isaac Baffoe-Ameyaw, said efforts were underway to initiate works on notable drainages in the