People staying in flood-prone areas should have a plan B by relocating to the houses of their relatives whenever it start raining, the Western Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah has advised.
The lawmaker believes when it rains and residents in flood-prone areas decide to move and stay with their family and friends before the flood water recede, it will help avoid needless deaths.
“Those who stay in areas that are prone to flooding, they should always have a plan B. When it starts raining you should move to your sister or brother for a week or two so that when the rain subsides you come back home. Otherwise, it will keep flooding and you keep complaining…If you are not careful and you sleep in when your room has gotten flooded and you are locked up, you get submerged in the water and you die. We don’t want people to be dying in the rains “, Mr. Okyere Darko-Mensah told the media.
Speaking during his visit to flooded areas in Takoradi on Wednesday, the Minister who double as MP for Takoradi advised residents to restrict their movements whenever it is raining especially when they don’t have anything important to do outside.
“We should all be cautious when it starts raining…follow the simple advice that is always coming from NADMO, if you are in a low-lying area and it starts raining, have your plan B and move out. If you have to travel in the rain, make sure it is a really essential travel…”
