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DCE keen on addressing water challenges at Kamahegu Community

Residents of Kamahegu, a farming community in the Daffiama Bussie Issa District in the Upper West Region have been assured that measures have been instituted to address their challenges with potable water.

Date Created : 3/14/2023 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Rosemary Obeng Yeboah/Ghanadistricts.com

Speaking to Ghanadistricts.com, the District Chief Executive of Daffiama Bussie Issa, Mr. Nadi Imoro Sanda indicated that, the Assembly was aware of the challenges the residents are facing, especially with accessing potable water and has already introduced a number of measures to address the problem.

His assurance came in the wake of an appeal from residents of Kamahegu to government and the assembly for urgent improvement in their water situation, where residents are forced to draw water from unhygienic water sources.

According to him, improvement in potable water delivery is not only limited to Kamahegu but other communities equally in need of such intervention and assured that their rather sad situation will soon be a thing of the past.

Mr. Sanda further indicated that though the assembly constructed two boreholes for the community, the Houses are very far apart and did not give off the expected results and if the houses are to be together, two boreholes could have been enough considering the population.

The DCE announced that a proposal has been sent to the Ministry of Water and Sanitation, of which the assembly has promised of a mechanized water system soon.

The People of Kamahegu share a common source of water with animals due to inadequate portable water source in the community.

The Residents lament about the stress they go through in accessing water.

Madam Theresa speaking with Ghanadistricts.com said, they have to spend valuable hours at the borehole before they can get a basin of water for domestic use.

She indicated that their health is at risk due to the use of unwholesome water in the community, because they still drink from streams and walls and this can lead to contract water borne diseases from the streams and walls.