East Legon, Trassaco other areas to experience water cuts for pipeline repairs - GWCL
- Some parts of the Greater Accra region will experience an interruption in the supply of water to their homes and offices
- This is to allow for the replacement of a damaged transmission pipeline
- The exercise is expected to take place from Thursday, April 22, 2021 to Monday, April 26, 2021
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Some parts of the Greater Accra region will experience an interruption in the supply of water to their homes and offices, the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has indicated.
This is to allow for repair works and replacement of some parts of a damaged transmission pipeline between Tema and Kpong.
The exercise is expected to take place from Thursday, April 22, 2021 to Monday, April 26, 2021.
Source: UGC
According to a report filed by Citi News, the GWCL deems it fit to address the problem since it is causing the company to lose volumes of water on a daily basis resulting in an impact of supply to consumers.
“.... is causing GWCL to lose several volumes of water daily and consequently having a serious impact on the volumes available for consumption,” a statement from the GWCL said.
Consumers of water in Afienya, Apallonia, Gbetsele, Ashaiman, Katamanso, Kakasunanka, Adjei Kojo, East Legon, and Trasaco have however, been advised to store enough water for the five days the tap will not be running.
All the communities in Tema, Dawhenya, Prampram, Spintex Road, Batsonaa, Coca Cola, Kasapreko, Manet, Lashibi, Klagon, Sakumono, and surrounding communities will also be affected.
The GWCL has however stated that the government’s COVID-19 free water reservoirs will be filled with water tankers to enable consumers fetch for free within this period.
In other news, the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has revealed that a total of 27,000 jobs are expected to be generated from 279 projects following the growth in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
According to him, 22,000 of those jobs are expected to be for Ghanaians while about 1,065 are expected to be taken up by expatriates or non-Ghanaians.
In a report filed by 3news, Oppong Nkrumah revealed that Foreign Direct Investment (FDIS) gave Ghana 2.65billion dollars in 2020 despite the challenges the country faced following the outbreak of the coronavirus.
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