Some farmers in the Upper East Region are counting their losses after their vast farms were been submerged by floods following the spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso.
The situation, according to report has been further exacerbated by a heavy rainfall in the area. The destruction of their farms, residents say has amounted to nothing of their months of hard labour.
A resident who spoke to Accra-based Citi FM complained that the information about the spillage came late. Although the crops were ready for harvesting, they could not be harvested due to the limited time.
They are therefore pleading that the government come to their aid so that they can feed themselves and their families.
“It brings a lot of problems to us especially the food that we have, something we can use to be feeding our family, the water has come and spoilt everything…So we are pleading with the government to come to our aid and help us. If not, we have nowhere to go,” the aggrieved farmer narrated.
Ghana was earlier advised to take precautionary measures to save lives and properties as the regular spillage of the Bagre Dam was set to commence on Monday, 19th August 2024.
According to the authorities managing the Bagre Dam, SONABEL, the Burkinabe Power Utility Company indicates that the water level of the dam has reached over 232 metres and it keeps rising hence necessitating the spillage to save the huge infrastructure from destruction.
The Bagre Dam is a multipurpose dam on the White Volta located near Bagre Village in Burkina Faso. The regular spillage of the dam mostly affects the Chereponi District in the North East Region of Ghana. Residents cultivate crops such as rice, soya beans, corn, ground nuts, and watermelon among others which are mostly destroyed by the perennial flooding caused by the spillage of the dam.
