General News of Thursday, 13 August 2020Source: Mike Asante, ContributorWe need US$60m to fix dilapidated drainage system – TMATMA office complexThe Tema Metropolitan Assembley (TMA) has indicated that it will need a whopping US$60 million to entirely replace the broken sewage system in communities under its jurisdiction. The reaction of TMA follows calls by residents that they are been engulfed in greywaters and faecal residues which spill into their homes due to a total breakdown of the central sewage system in the area. Since the drainage system were first constructed, there has been no expansion on the facility. Now, Tema has a population of 360,000 but we are still depending on the same system. “The assembly has tried to work with other partners and has to do a total rehabilitation of the system.

Source: GhanaWeb August 13, 2020 15:56 UTC