Flood on Birim River Bridge subsides

Adankrono, July 27, GNA - The Birim River toll bridge which got flooded last Friday has now completely dried up and drivers are freely and happily plying it to Kade.

The happiness of the drivers stemmed from the fact that the operators of the toll booth who had to run away for their dear lives had not returned.

That meant that the drivers were at least for the time being not paying any toll for using the bridge.

Boats sent by the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) and privately owned canoes which ferried travelers across, had thus ended their operations.

Houses and structures such as a palm oil mill belonging to the Adankronohene, Osabarima Sarpong Kumankuma, close to the toll booth is still standing in the water.

Numerous houses at Kade had either collapsed or heavily damaged.

Osabarima Sarpong Kumankuma, on behalf of the people, thanked President J. E. A. Mills for his visit to Adankrono to see for himself the havoc caused by the floods.

He expressed the hope that the promise by the President to send urgent assistant to the flood victims would arrive without delay to ease their suffering.

Last Friday when the flood occurred, some traders who plied their trade at the Kade Market from Akwatia, Asamankese and elsewhere, had to go back while others turned a space at Adankrono into a mini market.

Meanwhile the Kwaebibirem NADMO is assessing the extent of damage and making a list of victims, District NADMO Coordinator, Mr Kwaku Ofori-Abrokwah, said.