Residents in some part of the capital Accra were devastated by the Tuesday’s dawn heavy downpour.

Areas most affected by the floods including Alajo, Avenor, Kwame Nkrumah Interchange or Circle, Adabraka Sahara, Graphic Road, Abossey Okai Road and Agbogloshie.

Due to the time that the rain fell, most traders shop owners were not around to safeguard their goods from the floods, however could not believe rate at which the muddy waters had caused damage to the goods.

Traders who have experienced this before, could only relate it to June 3, 2015, where fire and flood killed over hundreds of people and destroyed properties worth several thousands of Ghana cedis.

Most residents and traders blamed the situation on government’s failure for not constantly dredging the Odaw River, which overflowed into their homes and places of work.

Residents told the Ghanalynk.com that the water rose to their chest level and it happened so fast they could not salvage their belongings to safety since it was dark too.

Due to level the water rose, vehicles being serviced at garages near the Odaw River were all submerged by the flood to an extend that even public buses parked at terminals in the catchment area of the river were all affected.

Most places visited people were busily cleaning up the layers of mud left behind in the shops, and homes by the flood.

The contractor working of the Korle Lagoon, Dredge Masters Ghana Limited, was not spared as one of heavy duty machine use for dredging the lagoon was nearly washed into the Gulf of guinea.

As the cost of the damage caused by the flood cannot be quantified, the residents together with traders and other businesses in the area called on the government to do something about this period inundation.

Although a call is been placed at the doorsteps of authorities to solve the annual ritual of floods, especially in Accra, President Akufo-Addo last year warned that his government was no longer going to waste taxpayers’ money on solving flood issues.

His argument was that people rather must learn to be responsible as greater part of the cause of the flood is as a result people’s attitude and behaviour towards the environment.

By Akutu Dede Adimer