Bagre Dam
Upper East is yet to experience the full impact of the Bagre Dam spillage - NADMO.
The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in the Upper East Region has indicated that the full impact of the Bagre Dam spillage is yet to be experienced.
This comes after reports of the Kubore River in the Upper East Region flooding farmlands extensively due to heavy downpours that coincided with the dam's spillage.
In an interview on Accra-based Citi FM, Upper East Regional Director of NADMO, Jerry Asamane, clarified that the submersion of the farmlands was mainly due to the rainfall rather than the dam’s spillage.
He emphasized that the most significant effects of the dam’s spillage are still expected.
Mr. Asamane assured the public that NADMO is closely monitoring the situation and has taken steps to minimize potential damage and ensure residents’ safety.
“We are at the sensitization stage and helping people get out of the riverbanks. The radio stations have also given us the opportunity. We have bought airtime, and we have spoken... But the real impact of the Bagre Dam has not yet been felt, as people are saying.
“They released the water early in order to reduce the pressure on the walls of the dam. Yes, those waters came down, and we are realizing that water levels are increasing, but the water from the Bagre dam has not yet flooded the place,” he stated.
