STORM DRAIN BEING DESILTED (PAGE 30)

The main storm drainage system from the Takoradi light industrial area, also known as Kokompe, to a lagoon at Adakope which links the sea, is being desilted to avert the periodic flooding of the industrial area after a downpour.
The main road in the area is also being rehabilitated, while a place of convenience is to be constructed in the area.
As a result of the flooding a greater part of the area has become muddy and cannot be put to any good use.
Some people have turned the muddy area into a place of convenience.
Work on the two kilometre-drain will be completed within two weeks.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and PSI is funding the projects by way of support to the garages and markets in Sekondi and Takoradi, while Zoomlion, waste management experts, are the implementers.
The Western Regional Co-ordinator of the Zoomlion , Mr Felix Boankrah, who led the Daily Graphic to inspect the projects said the major drain had become the main problem because whenever it rained the whole area was flooded, disrupting all activities in the area.
He said an excavator had been brought in to desilt the drain.
Mr Boankrah said even though a new toilet facility would be provided the existing facility which had been abandoned would be rehabilitated prior to the provision of the new one.
The butchers and fish shops in the Sekondi market and a road at the Sekondi light industrial area are being rehabilitated. Security lights will also be provided in the area.
The Adviser to the Sekondi Zone of the Ghana National Association of Garages, Mr Isaac Forson, told the Daily Graphic that as a result of the bad nature of the road, customers were not patronising their activities and that the rehabilitation of the road would boost their business.
The Organiser of the Kokompe Number Two branch of the Ghana National Association of Garages, Mr Emmanuel Sunkwa, expressed happiness about the commencement of the project and commended the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Private Sector Development and President’s Special Initiatives (PSI) for its support.