An 11-year-old class four pupil of the Bugubelle Basic School, Rafatu Bayi, got drowned in the Bugubelle dam in the Sissala East Municipality, on Tuesday, after she went there to wash her clothes. An eyewitness told the Ghana News Agency that Bayi went to the dam in the company of …
Read More »They don’t care! Owabi Dam is ‘dying slowly’
The Owabi Water Supply System is a three million gallon per day (3mgd) conventional treatment plant with a daily average production of 2.4mgd. The treatment plant is the main source of water supply to the north-western part of the Kumasi metropolis. Areas like Kwadaso, Asuoyeboah, Abuakwa, Nkwawie, Akropong, Koforidua and …
Read More »Ethiopia says it won’t delay second round of filling Nile dam
Ethiopia said it will not delay a planned second round water filling of its controversial hydroelectric dam project known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Dr Sileshi Bekele, Ethiopia’s Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, said the second round of water filling will be conducted next summer as scheduled. …
Read More »Uttarakhand: Eleven dead after India glacier bursts dam
At least eleven people are dead and 145 missing after a piece of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river and triggered a huge flood in northern India. The floodwaters burst open a dam and a deluge of water poured through a valley in the state of Uttarakhand. Most of …
Read More »Dozens missing after India dam collapses
Dozens of people are missing and feared dead after a Himalayan glacier crashed into a dam and triggered a huge flood in northern India. As the dam broke open, a deluge of water poured through a valley in the state of Uttarakhand. Villages have been evacuated, but officials warned more …
Read More »U/E: Akufo-Addo inspects completed Namoligo 1V1D project
President Akufo-Addo has inspected the completed “One-Village-One-Dam” project constructed in Namoligo in the Talensi constituency of the Upper East Region. Accompanied by the Upper East Regional Minister, Paulina Abayage, and the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto, President Akufo-Addo was told that the construction, in fulfilment of the …
Read More »Bagre Dam Floods Shake Once More, Over 15,000 Persons Affected
At least 15,200 persons have been affected by the recent floods in the northern region following torrential rains and spillage of the Bagre dam. Out of this number, 400 houses were destroyed in 102 communities, 10,033 farms wasted and one bridge damaged in the Tolon District. The Kumbungu District in …
Read More »WATCH VIDEO: White Volta bridge submerges after Bagre Dam spillage
The spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso coupled with torrential rains in the Upper East Region have submerged the White Volta bridge at Kobore in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. The situation has left hundreds of passengers stranded with a lot of livestock washed …
Read More »Photos of Chereponi after downpour and spillage of the Bagre Dam
A number of communities in the North East Region have become inaccessible following days of downpour and the subsequent spillage of water from the Bagre dam. Sources say Chereponi, Kpasinkpe, and some other communities in the Mamprugu and Moaduru District cannot be accessed except through Bolgatanga in the Upper East …
Read More »Four persons confirmed dead in flood at North East Region
Four persons have been confirmed dead following a weeklong heavy downpour and floodwaters from the spillage of the Bagre Dam in the North East Region. Three persons are said to have drowned in the flood in the Bunkpurugu District and East Mamprusi Municipal after a heavy downpour last week, while …
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