Sand winning destroying roads in Techiman Municipality

Several quantities/varieties of farm produce comprising of yam, cassava, plantain, maize, mangoes, vegetables etc. are feared to be lost by farmers or left to rot in the bush at Koramoah/Asantanso and its surrounding communities under the Baamiri electoral area of Techiman municipality over inability to transport them to the Techiman market due to their deplorable roads.

Journalists’ visit to the area; a journey which is only made by motor bikes, tricycles (Motor King or Aboboyaa) or worn-out taxis (Al3ky3 cars) and shouldn’t have taken up to 30 minutes took us over 2 to 3 hours to reach the communities as the activities of some sand winning Tipper trucks had made the only road linking the about 8 farming communities to Techiman the Bono East regional capital very unmotorable.


   
Some residents, riders & drivers who spoke to the Media made very passionate appeal to the authorities to come to their aid as a matter of urgency because especially as we are entering the rainy season, they would be completely cut off from the township and wouldn’t be able to go about their everyday activities in the commercial town of Techiman.

They lamented that until the sand winning activities started at the area, Nananom and their people through communal labour managed to fix the little patches on the road but the operations of the Tipper trucks have damaged the road beyond their strength hence the humble plea with government.

The residents added that it was sad that the over 2000 people living at the area despite lacking electricity, portable drinking, quality health care and many other social amenities could not also travel to Techiman town to access certain common human services as the only road they travel-by has completely been destroyed by these Tipper trucks doing sand winning business to the disadvantage of the people of Koramoah/Asantanso.  
 
Meanwhile, Assembly member for Baamiri electoral area Hon. Takyi Stephen told the Media that, He and Nananom have made every possible effort to authorities to get the situation under control but to no avail.

He said it was evident the Techiman municipal assembly is over-burdened with many other problems but considering the contribution of the people of Koramoah/Asantanso to the economic development of the municipality, it was critical for the road issue which bothers about human lives be quickly addressed.



 *Source:* Nana Kwadwo Adu - Senior Selector  (Asta 103.9 Fm), Techiman.