Irrigation Dams Is Solution To Akosombo Spillage-Engineer Mahama

A Road and Building Engineer, Abdulai Mahama, has proposed for the consideration of government the construction of irrigation dams downstream of the Akosombo Dam to control the level of havoc its spillage causes.

According to him, the irrigation dams would aid in holding water anytime the Volta River Authority (VRA) spilled water from the Akosombo Dam.

The VRA commenced the controlled water spillage from the Akosombo and Kpong Dams on September 15, 2023, due to a consistent rise in the inflow pattern and water level of the Akosombo reservoir.

Thousands of residents in South Tongu, North Tongu, Central Tongu, Asuogyaman, and several other residents have had their homes submerged due to the spillage.

Mr Mahama who made the suggestion in an interview on Accra-based citi fm said critical measures must be put in place to manage the extent of damage in the future.

“When this spillage comes to a closure, we may have to look at alternative ways of redesigning the spilling channels so that if there might be major irrigation dams that will be constructed under lower streams, we will be able to contain quite a significant amount of water that will be spilled.”

“So that we will have some lives and properties being saved when there is the need for us to do the spillage,” he stated.