Bolgatanga, Aug 3, GNA – Communities and farmers living along the
White Volta Basin in the Upper East Region have been warned about the
possibility of the spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso.
Mr Mark Woyongo, the Upper East Regional Minister, told journalists
at a press conference that information received from the Electricity
Cooperation, SONABEL, of Burkina Faso, through Ghana Embassy in
Ouagadougou, showed that there had been a steady rise in the level of
water in the Bagre and Kompiengo dams.
This might necessitate spillage if the water level approached the
maximum capacity of 234 cubic metres.
He said the spillage was likely to occur any time during this month
and called on those living along the White Volta Basin and low land areas
to move.
Mr Woyongo said Bagre Dam, as at July 29, was 230.56 cubic metres
and is increasing very fast with each heavy rain and added that if the
trend continued unchanged the dam was likely to attain a maximum
level of 234 cubic metres in 12 days from last Thursday.
He said the message had already been communicated to the National
Management and Disaster Organization to prepare in case of disaster.
Last year spillage of the dam resulted in floods in many parts of the
Region especially communities along the White Volta Basin that killed
people and animals and destroyed crops.
Source: GhanaWeb
