Awka — WITH the rain pouring in torrents in many parts of the country, its effect is adversely affecting many erosion-prone communities in Anambra State. It has become a common sight to see many families abandoning their homes whenever it rains because their houses are flooded. The floods have created gully erosion in areas that hitherto did not have such problems.
Worried by the devastating effects of gully erosion in their area, hundreds of placard -carrying protesters from Oraifite community in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the State recently took to the streets and caused a heavy traffic snarl along the ever- busy Onitsha-Owerri expressway. The protest was to drive home their save -our -soul , SOS appeal to the Federal Government to find immediate and lasting solution to the scourge.
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