The District Chief Executive for the Agortime-Ziope District Assembly, D. D. Dzorkpe has said that the biggest challenge of his administration is the water crisis facing the people of Agortime.
The DCE says the situation is his biggest headache, that makes him sleepless.
“The water crisis in Kpetoe is real, is very real, because the community is growing, and the little pumping system that we is also weak. It’s weak and rusted and we are just managing it. The iron removal machine that is to help us with a clean water, is also not functioning. These are the systems I’ve come to meet”, he said.
He stated that the District Assembly, has since 2016 been working on a number of sources to find a lasting solution to the problem.
“…to save the situation, we appealed to government to help us get little fund to rehabilitate the whole Kpetoe system. They’ve agreed, we gave them our submission and they’re working at it very fast,” he told journalists in his office on Tuesday.
He said government for the meantime, has provided water for the people of Akpokorpe, and some other communities, and it’s his hope that a significant step would be taken in bringing a lasting solution to the water crisis in the area.
Some residents fetching the water into gallons for sale
“What is left now is the Kpetoe township which is growing very fast. So the main objective of getting the water system rehabilitated is to improve the water distribution to the people of Agortime Kpetoe and all the satellite communities.”
The DCE said he has made several appeals to NGOs, which he expect would soon be yielding some good results.
“We have made several appeals, and there is one NGO that has taken Agortime Adedome and even add a CHIP compound. As for Akpokorfe and Afegame, it’s through a collaboration with the Spain water project. In the absence of the Adidome water challenge”.
A check by AwakeNews’ Volta regional correspondent, Abdul-Iddrisu Faisel on a visit to Kpetoe before the interview with the DCE on reveals that, residents draw water from the Tordze river, which the DCE himself describes as unwholesome and unhealthy for use.
A resident, Kordzo Agbe told the reporter that, the water situation is one of a thing that is making life very difficult for them.
“The water issue is making life very difficult for us. We wish government can do something quick about it for us. The situation gets very serious in October to early January, in particular.”
Some men were also seen fetching the water into yellow gallons, which they say is sold to residents for GHC1 and GHC1.50 per gallon.
By: Abdul-Iddrisu Faisel / awakenewsonline.com
