The West Mamprusi District in the Northern Region is taking realistic measures to reduce the damaging effects of any possible rain disaster that may occur in the area during the rainy season.
The district is one of the areas, which experiences annual disasters such as floods; heavy rains or when the Volta River overflows its bank into nearby communities as a result of the opening of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso.
Speaking to Mr. Mashood of the C.I.C at the assembly, the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr. Salley Abudu Lord Zakaria, said the District Disaster Management team had been constituted, and had begun putting measures in place to forestall any disaster.
The team, he stated, had dispatched an information van to flood-prone communities in the district to create awareness on the need to move to safer grounds.
He added that the team had met with assembly members from the various communities to discuss possible ways of assisting people in those areas before, and during the rains.
Mr. Zakaria further revealed that a contingency fund had been allocated in the budget to be used in undertaking any interventions that might be needed in case of any disaster.
The interventions include the provision of relief items such as mattresses, roofing sheets, clothing, food and medicine.
Mr. Zakaria stated that the only difficulty that might impede the work of the team would be the refusal of the people in the communities to move to safer grounds.
"We would try to convince them on the need to move since it is for their own safety," he stated.
The DCE said currently, the team was preparing to assist the people of Nakpaya, where 21 rooms were burnt down last month as a result of communal violence.
"We will soon provide the affected persons with some relief items to enable them to start life afresh," he added.
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