A SOD-CUTTING ceremony has been held for work to commence on a GH¢789,176 water project at Akyem Dwenase in the Kwaebibirem District in the Eastern Region.
The Small Town water project will include the construction of a treatment plant, mechanised boreholes, stand pipes and an overhead reservoir.
On completion, the project would supply about 180,000 litres of water a day for the people of Dwenase and Apinamang, two neighbouring farming communities where the inhabitants’ source of water is the Birim River which is polluted with the mercury and cyanide used by illegal miners.
The project, which is expected to be completed in November, 2010, is being funded by the Danish Government through the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA).
Cutting the sod at Dwenase for work on the project to begin, the Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, said the project was part of the government’s commitment to provide the two communities with potable water.
That, he said, would improve the health of the inhabitants and curtail the various water-borne diseases affecting them.
Mr Afriyie-Ankrah appealed to the beneficiary communities to co-operate with the board that would be instituted to manage the project.
The District Chief Executive for Kwaebibirem, Mr George Agyemang-Duah, appealed to the contractor working on the project to work speedily to ease the people's dependence on the Birim River.
The chief of Dwenase, Nana Amoah Kuko Ntiamoah, expressed appreciation to the government for its commitment to the welfare of the people.
He, however, appealed to the government to provide the area with a senior high school and also improve the access road to the area.
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