Houses, properties still submerged in water 5 months after flood in Agbozume

After being made homeless by floods, residents of various Agbozume flood-affected settlements in the Volta Region’s Ketu South Municipality are still calculating their losses.
The flooding, according to the locals, began in May of this year, causing many homes to be destroyed, leaving many families homeless and distraught.
Nogokpo, Sonuto, Babanawokope, Kpedzakope, and Ativuta are a few of the affected communities. From the main Agbozume township, they are completely walled off and barred.
Mr. Shine Bokor, the headteacher of one of the schools, claimed that the water had completely flooded his entire structure. He currently resides in a guest house as a result.
Mr. Bokor observed that since the disaster, life has been difficult and urged the government to take action.
He said that the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) distributed relief supplies to those who were not impacted by the floods, preventing the actual afflicted homes from even receiving them.
According to Mr. Bokor, they initially attempted to build a canal to traverse the wetlands but were unsuccessful.
He bemoaned that “we are also at the mercy of the thieves who are taking advantage of the situation to rob us of our properties and when you go to some places, you will see human feces on the water which can bring diseases.”
Kwame Ashiabe, an assemblyman, also mentioned that many people had to take refuge in Klikor, the town behind them, because of how terrible the flood was.
He claimed that because families are going through so much, the government needs to take immediate action to address the issue, particularly by desilting the marshy areas.
The traditional authority established a committee that determined some of the causes of the flooding and produced a report, according to Charles Nipson Agbagedi, the secretary of the Some Traditional Authority.
It was handed in to the authorities, but he continued that they had yet to see any indication of commitment.
Despite the fact that the rains were not very severe, Mr. Agbagedi remarked that the committee understood that a rise in the water table caused the disaster.
Additionally, he urged the authorities to install culverts where they were needed to avoid similar incidents in the future.
He also added his voice to the call for the government, people, and organizations to act quickly to help them.
According to Godson Ahiamadzi, the assemblyman for Agbozume South, the water has impacted various things, including businesses.
Residents claimed that some of them were still residing in the floods and had nowhere else to go.