Officials of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly together with some security services have demolished some structures at Ghana’s biggest slum, Sodom and Gomorrah, in Accra.
ADVERTISEMENT
Parts of Sodom & Gomorrah demolished
The exercise which started early Saturday morning came in the wake of the June 3 twin flood and fire disaster which claimed over 150 lives and destroyed properties worth millions of Ghana Cedis.
Sodom & Gomorrah demolished
Recommended articles
Many have said the flood was caused by structures built on waterways.
Properly referred to as the Old Fadama, the area, the size of about 10 football fields has been home to many migrants who fled the KokombaNanumba war in Northern Region in the early 90s.
The area is drenched in filth with many ramshackle wooden structures which serve as homes for the migrants littered across the slum. The area is widely thought to be a den of criminals even though there are genuine hardworking individuals also living at the same place.
ADVERTISEMENT
The occupation of the land by, and activities of, the illegal settlers have mostly interfered with the progress of the restoration of the Odaw river project which has stalled for years.
See more photos above.
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.com.gh
Recommended articles
Train accident photo posted on my social media pages is a photoshop - Peter Amewu
Court jails truck driver 6 months for causing Ghana's brand-new train accident
609 Ghanaians died in first 3 months of 2024 through road crashes - NRSA reveals
Stay in your parents' house while you do your NSS - Sammy Gyamfi advises graduates
Joseph Addo files nomination to contest as NPP Parliamentary aspirant for La Dadekotopon
Dumsor: ECG board members reject PURC GH¢5.8m fine
Woman who claims to have been taken to another world by dwarfs shares experience
Organised Labour threatens to strike May 2 over Tier-2 pension arrears
