The Weija dam was constructed in 1977 by an Italian company called Messrs Tahi to produce electricity and serve as water supply for domestic, industrial and agricultural purposes. Down the years, the Ga South Municipal in which the Weija dam is embedded has recorded numerous flooding activities due to the opening of the dam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Again, there has been another massive flooding which has caused huge damage to the residents of the area. For the first time since 1991, four out of five spill gates were opened to protect the dam from collapsing and also protect lives and properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The outlet of the River Densu to the sea has been interrupted by the buildings constructed in the area.
The flooding was caused by the release of excess water from the prolong heavy rainfall which caused it’s normal level of 46.5 feet to an increase of 49.5 feet.
The areas that were massively affected include Oblogo, Tetegu, Ashalaja, Gbawe and Weija. Many houses have been reported flooded and the residents have been forced out of the areas. According to analysis, about 1,000 houses were flooded and 1,500 people have been displaced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some people were rescued from their homes after being trapped by the water.
Due to the devastating situation the water supply has been interrupted though the dam is known to supply 80% of the potable water for the entire city of Accra and beyond.
There has also been a blackout in the areas to avoid further damage from occuring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Weija dam was constructed in 1977 by an Italian company called Messrs Tahi to produce electricity and serve as water supply for domestic, industrial and agricultural purposes. Down the years, the Ga South Municipal in which the Weija dam is embedded has recorded numerous flooding activities due to the opening of the dam.
\nYet again, there has been another massive flooding which has caused huge damage to the residents of the area. For the first time since 1991, four out of five spill gates were opened to protect the dam from collapsing and also protect lives and properties.
\nThe outlet of the River Densu to the sea has been interrupted by the buildings constructed in the area.
\n The flooding was caused by the release of excess water from the prolong heavy rainfall which caused it’s normal level of 46.5 feet to an increase of 49.5 feet.
\n The areas that were massively affected include Oblogo, Tetegu, Ashalaja, Gbawe and Weija. Many houses have been reported flooded and the residents have been forced out of the areas. According to analysis, about 1,000 houses were flooded and 1,500 people have been displaced. Some people were rescued from their homes after being trapped by the water.
\nDue to the devastating situation the water supply has been interrupted though the dam is known to supply 80% of the potable water for the entire city of Accra and beyond.
\nThere has also been a blackout in the areas to avoid further damage from occuring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}