The Deputy Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources Mr Amidu Chinnia Issahaku has asked contractors working on the Tono and Vea water project to fast track work to meet the timeline.
According to him, the ministry is eager to commission the project as well as provide the beneficiary residents with potable water.
The minister who spoke to the media at a working visit to the region noted that though the ministry was happy with the work, it expects the contractors to execute it exactly the given time.
“So far going round, from Tono to Vea, there is massive progress, a lot of works have been done. The project is almost near completion but I also request from the Ghana water company and contractors to review and see if they can fast track work to meet the September deadline. When the project was started it was meant to complete in three years so we count on the contractors and its partners to meet the allotted time.”
Mr Isshaku who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Sissala East Constituency however assured Ghanaians that the ministry is keen to provide potable water for all communities in Ghana.
The project manager, Annalies De-Beule also assured the minister that the project is near completion as hope to meet the timeline.
She said, “The first phase is now 96% completed and a new water treatment plant in Tono, Navrongo with a capacity of 20.500 cubic meters per day (890 m3/days constructed, with a raw water intake at the Tono Dam including a pumping station and raw water transmission pipeline.”
Phase two of the project, the project manager noted was also 69% completed and consist of a 9km transmission line to Zuarungu, upgradeee of the connection to Bongo, 53km of distribution lines, one elevated reservoir in Zaurungu of 400m3 and the installation of 4800 house connections.
Upper East Regional Minister, Stephen Yakubu also reiterated that the workers should work within time.
Meanwhile, the Upper East Region Water Supply Project was financed by the Ghanaian and Dutch governments which kicked started in September 2018 with a contract sum of 33,250,000EUR and 6,205,431.21EUR for both the first and second phase of the project respectively.
The project also seeks to provide potable water to over 350,000 residents in the region.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1 MHz|Moses Apiah|Ghana
