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VT IN potable water continues to be a major challenge to residents of manchie and korleman, communities in the ga west municipal area. despite the provision of three mechanized boreholes, residents have resorted to stream water  as water flowing  from the boreholes are coloured and salty. daniel lartey's  report Wait for cue V/O trebra flows through manchie, a village about 23 kilometres away from accra. residence have to walk a long distance to fetch water from it. though they claim it is clean they admit it might be dangerous for drinking. snd up water from the trebrah stream is used their domestic needs.   they claim trebrah is the last resort since water from the boreholes are unclean and salty. sot this is one of the functioning boreholes but the quality is doubted by residents. snd  up this borehole has been dysfunctional for six years and residents lament, several efforts to get t...

VT IN It  is certainly not a life for everyone, but obuaba asamani, a fisherman has to commit to the life he has chosen to earn a living from the sea. daniel lartey interacted with him and has this story.  wait for cue V/O the ways on the sea are not new to him. Inheriting the profession from his father, obuaba, has continued the family business for over 19 years. he lives in anyaman, a fishing village on the coast of sege, in the ada west municipality. 33 year old obuaba  is a father to eleven children and a wife, and fishing is all he has ever done to cater for his family. his strength lies in the numerous neighbours who chant songs to row back his canoe to shore. snd up after nine hours of hard work, his catch leaves him with an emotional anguish. but he is not alone in this, families who await him to sort out the fish also express disappointment. he provides employment for the women in the village who return wit...

VT proliferation of illegal sand winners have begun to punctuate the rural landscape of maame dede junction in the upper west akim district of the eastern region. daniel lartey has been asking the various stakeholders why they keep engaging in an activity that endangers their environment. wait for cue V/O with unemployment rife, many in west akim have resorted to a new way to make a living. land owners give out their lands to sand winners to make enough money to feed their families. the sand is sold to the construction industry.             moro amidu and yaw gyabaah,  truck drivers, can prove the connection between acquisition of license from the district assembly and the mines department. sot…… the practice however leaves behind safety and environmental pitfalls. aside the deep craters that collect rain water which turn into breeding grounds for mosquitoes, there is the severe ...

                    VT residents of new katamansoa, a suburb of ashaley botwe in accra, are appealing to city authorities to expedite action on the completion of a drainage system in the area. they fear, failure to complete the drains would erode further roads in the area. daniel lartey reports. wait for cue  V/0 this bridge is the only one serving residents of ashaley botwe, new katamanso. the hundreds of residents who use this bridge have to walk steadily to prevent a fall. top on the concern list is the safety of these children. residents say, it becomes difficult to cross the river to other communities any time there is a heavy down pour. s o t ....chief of the area, alhaji mohammed safianu aside the drainage, the roads are untarred making it unmotorable when it rians. another worrying factor is the frequent power surge. there is only one transformer in the area. i...

VT parts of lashibi-emefs estate has been soaked up in stench from the improper disposal of human excreta around the area. daniel lartey visited the community and reports, the bad odour is causing discomfort to residents. Wait for cue  V/O according to residents, operators of septic tanks dispose off  human excreta indiscriminately in the area. the area has since been smothered with an unpleasant pungent smell. although the tema metropolitan assembly responded by blocking the route to the spot, operators, we gathered had devised other access routes. sot they fear severe health problems. s o t residents appealed to authorities to impose sanctions on perpatrators. end

VT as ghana awaits the first power supply from the bui dam, the reservoir formed by the dam is being hailed for its impact on the livelihood of the people within the catchment area. they claim the reservior has boosted fishing activities in the area. daniel lartey brings us this report.  WAIT FOR CUE V/O It covers an area of 444 square kilometers at full supply level. The water level at the time of our visit stood at 169.83 meters. Managers of the dam, expect the level to rise to 183 meters in a good year. The development of the bui dam on the black volta was primarily for hydro electric power and the development of an irrigation system. The reservoir formed has since enhanced eco tourism and fisheries in the area. Residents of jama in the bole district of the northern region are excited about its formation, claiming a boost in  catch. Sot... according to the leader of the residents association, torgbadza michael, ...

VT meanwhile, transmission lines installed to evacuate power generated from the bui hydro power dam to a gridco substation at kintampo for  the generation of 133 mega watts of energy is complete. daniel lartey, again.  WAIT FOR CUE V/O construction works on the switchyard and control building is nearing completion. power generation set in the left bank power station has been connected to four transmission lines. workers were busily putting finishing touches to other transmission lines except, the bui kintampo line which is fully installed. we followed to the diversion point of all four lines heading to sawla, techiman, kintampo and sunyani. the bui  to kintampo transmission lines is expected to augment the national grid with a 133 megawatts of power. it stretches from the bui dam site through the outskirt of kintampo township and eventually ends at a gridco substation also at kintampo. according to engineers, the line will re...