Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)
Naa Bettey Nelson
4 November 2009
Some months ago,the Accra File reported situations and instances where drain coverings were being stolen and sold to scrap dealers.
Most drains, especially those at the bus stops, have been left uncovered because scrap dealers and their cohorts have stolen their metal coverings. These metal gratings have become a source of raw material for scrap dealers in the country.
For motorists, they also stand the danger of having their vehicles damaged, when during an attempt to park, they fall into these uncovered drains.
This situation has become dangerous, especially for pedestrians and motorists, because passengers who alight from vehicles at bus stops or the roadsides, risk stepping into these uncovered drains, resulting in serious injuries to them.
Successive governments have, over the years, embarked upon some expensive infrastructural developments such as the construction of new roads, expansion of existing ones, the construction of drains, and many more.
But the situation at hand is getting worse, because the Accra File found out that these metal gratings are made of an inferior material, resulting in most of them bending inwards, and eventually falling into the drains.
This situation is on going at the Dansoman Aliu Mahama road, where some weeks ago, residents reported this same situation to the authority in charge, about an uncovered drain right in the middle of a road, when approaching a junction.
This spot has caused a lot of damage to some vehicles which ply that route, as any time one of them unknowingly falling into this hole the tyres of the vehicles blowout, resulting sometimes in accidents, or the vehicle getting damaged.
The authorities responded to the situation, yet the Accra File realised that the situation has even become worse, because the concrete coverings with which they replaced the metal ones, did not last for long (just two weeks), and are developing cracks with some broken.
The Accra File is therefore calling on the authorities in charge to intervene, since the situation is getting out of hand.
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