Drainages

Gibson, the Four Mile fire chief, said he had men stationed throughout his district, watching drainages and roads, but they were unable to make progress rescuing residents while the rain fell in by the buckets and the creek roared out of control.

Okowa said his administration had constructed over 2,000 kilometres of roads and 1,000 drainages and many bridges linking various communities, including riverine communities in the state.

There are also pockets of turkeys throughout much of the Book Cliffs area and in the middle and lower areas of several major drainages across the northern and southern slopes of the Uinta Mountains.

He urged them to avoid disposing of plastic waste in the drainages.

The approval was also to procure 50 CNG buses for the Edo City Transport Services (ECTS) and the construction of roads, and drainages in the new Coral City in Benin among others.

The governor had through the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority (ACTDA) demolished shanties, pulled down illegal structures and entrances built on roads and drainages within the Awka.

The project will provide the selected slums water supply, solar streetlights, rehabilitation of access roads, and construction of drainages, waste management and sanitation services.

These gusty winds paired with dry and warmer weather will cause more backing and flanking fire behavior with the fire expected to move into the drainages.

Piqued by the volume of refuse deposited in the drains along the Mile 2 corridor, the Lagos State government has reiterated the need for residents to desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse into drainages.

They must respect the master plan of FCT and ensure that all drainages are clean.

Other facilities to be provided will include police stations, 130 shops and mini markets, livestock markets, diary collection and social centres, roads and drainages among others.

The 102,906 acres Swan Lake Fire saw substantial growth in the Thurman Creek drainage, and in the Mystery Creek and Dike Creek drainages throughout the weekend.

The Commissioner observed that some drainages had been blocked by refuse and silt, thereby distorting organized system of channeling the water.

The DG urged states and local governments to remove structures built within the floodplains, clear blocked drainages, culverts and other waterways as the country expect river and coastal flooding from the upper catchment of the Niger Basin to manifest.

He also advised them on the need to clear drainages and waterways to reduce the impact or eliminate the disaster.

I am certain Okorocha meant well to change the face of Owerri, but pulling out large drainages constructed with concrete and replacing them with those made of inferior quality and narrower gutters beggars the reason for the Urban Renewal policy.

ONELGA has drainage, Ahoada-West and Ahoada-East has drainages, but these places will be flooded.