Residents of Nkpolu in Obio/Akpo Local Government Area have called on the Rivers State Government to intervene and save the area from imminent flooding threatening the area.
The requests were made on Wednesday by concerned residents who lamented the threat posed by the coming rainy season on the area.
The residents complained that the water channels linking the area to the canal at Rumuokoro has been blocked, leaving the area to hold too much water whenever it rains.
Residents who spoke to TPCN said that they had complained to the relevant authorities earlier in the year when it began to rain but nothing has been done ever since.
“If you were here on Sunday, the water level was so high that people became terrified. Cars could not move. That was just a rain that fell for few hours. Imagine what will happen when we get to May or July”
Another resident, Uche, said that the area is at risk of being submerged if the channels linking the area to the canal at rumuokoro is not opened to make way for easy flow of water and called on the government to hasten up with solutions on the issue.
