Graphic Online
BY: Justice Agbenorsi
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The ‘Lets Make Accra Work’ initiative by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, moved into full gear on Tuesday in a massive decongestion exercise that saw hundreds of unauthorized structures being removed to help keep Accra clean.
Organised by the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council in collaboration with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the Ablekuma Central and the Korle Klottey Municipal assemblies, the day-long operation involved a massive clean-up of drains, streets and other open places.
The exercise, which commenced from the UTC Market on the Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, through to the Farisco area, along the Graphic Road to the Obetsebi-Lamptey Interchange, was highly patronised.
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Decongestion, clean-up on Graphic Road today
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Two assemblies in flood-prone areas of Accra have indicated their readiness for the rainy season.
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA) say they have taken preventive steps to prevent their flood-prone communities from being hard hit this year.
They said the measures which included the provision of infrastructure, sensitisation and enforcement of bye-laws were adequate to help absorb any amount of rainfall.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic in separate interviews about their preparedness for the onset of the rainy season, both the Municipal Chief Executive Officer of KoKMA, Nii Adjei Tawiah, and the Head of Public Affairs of the AMA, Mr Gilbert Nii Ankrah, gave the assurance that the preventive action taken would help avert the levels of flooding that displaced people in the past.