Mepe in the Volta Locale immersed by floods

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Mepe wrestles with flooding after Akosombo Dam Spillage

Occupants in Mepe in the North Tongu locale of the Volta District are at present confronting a significant disturbance.

The new spillage of the Akosombo Dam has prompted the flooding of their homes, bringing about critical misfortunes and the migration of people to higher ground for wellbeing.

This upsetting circumstance has risen following the choice by the Volta Stream Authority (VRA) to set abundance water free from the Akosombo and Kpong hydroelectric dams. The move, while fundamental for dam trustworthiness, has released a flood of difficulties for the Mepe people group and its environs.

The Human Cost: Misfortunes and Relocation in Mepe

Homesteads, houses, and even burial grounds are currently lowered in floodwaters. The immersion has upset fundamental administrations, prompting water and power supply shorts. Subsequently, occupants wind up wrestling with the diverse effect of this flooding.

Brief Warning and Impacted Locales

While VRA professes to have advised occupants along the Volta Bowl about the approaching spillage, nearby local area pioneers attest that the notification was deficient. Occupants of Battor, Mepe Adidome, Tefle, and Sogakope, down to Anlo in the Volta Locale, announced not getting the warnings.

Why Is VRA Setting Water free from the Dams?

The Volta Waterway Authority (VRA) has expressed that the spillage is essential due to the "upstream rains filling the two dams."

Notwithstanding being hydroelectric dams, engineers from the authority have verified that they have a limit, and assuming the water surpasses this breaking point, the dams might actually fizzle.

VRA started the spillage on September 15 as they noticed rising water levels because of progressing downpours.

"Over the long haul, we will continuously go on with the spillage since water keeps on streaming into the dams from upstream."

Did VRA Tell the Occupants About the Spillage?

While VRA professes to have informed the occupants along the Volta Bowl about the spillage, neighborhood local area pioneers say the notification was brief.

Occupants of Battor, Mepe Adidome, Tefle, and Sogakope, down to Anlo in the Volta Locale, expressed that they didn't get the notice.

The flooding has dislodged multiple thousand occupants in something like nine areas in the Volta and Eastern districts, as per NADMO's Delegate Chief General, Sedzi Sadzi. He added that the absolute most impacted regions incorporate North Tongu, Focal Tongu, and South Tongu areas.

"Here, essentially every one of the networks are lowered in floodwaters, and their streets have been cut off," Sadzi said.