BAGRE DAM

North East Region: Flood Kills One More Person   One more person has been confirmed dead in the flood that has hit the four regions up north of Ghana following the spilling of water from the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso, attended by days of rainfall. The deceased named Warisu Azumdo who’s thought to be about 17 years drowned near a bridge in Debisi near Gbansigbe in the West Mamprusi Municipality in North East Region. The latest death brings to 7 the death toll in the North East Region but the total national figure is 11. Roads, bridges, homes and…

Spillage Of Bagre Dam: Gov't To Provide GH¢29.6m For Long-Term Solution   Government has planned to carry out an urgent exercise at an estimated cost of GH¢29.6 million, aimed at providing long-term solution to the perennial flooding and its related destructions caused by the spillage of the Bagre Dam, the Water Resources Commission has hinted. In a statement by the Commission issued to Ghanaian Times on Sunday, the Executive Secretary, Ben Ampomah said, “government wishes to assure the public that, it is committed and is working on short and long term measures to mitigate the impacts of the perennial floods…

Two Die In North East After Spillage Of Bagre Dam Two farmers at the Mamprugu Moaduri District of the North East Region died while trying to harvest from their maize field which was flooded as a result of the continuous spillage of the Bagre Dam. The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in the North East Region confirmed the incident to Citi News on Sunday. This brings the number of persons killed due to excessive spillage in parts of the North East Region to six (6). The deceased persons according to NADMO are farmers working on crops at the banks of…