Floods halt military activity in Limbe

A heavy flood at Manga Williams Avenue in Limbe,compelled the military, who are usually very time conscious, to postpone an epaulet award ceremony till later in the day on Tuesday.

The occasion was scheduled to kick off at 10:00 am at the Limbe public ceremonial grounds, but the entire avenue and surrounding areas were covered by water following a heavy downpour that Tuesday morning.

Even vehicles plying this part of town found it difficult to patronise the road as the rains poured heavily for over five hours. It was only later on that cars began driving through this avenue, though they were practically ‘sailing’ through the flood waters.

Residents of this part of Limbe and many other flood-prone areas have on a yearly basis, been facing this trouble of floods once the rainy season commences.

There have been countless measures taken by the Government, the councils and even the residents to find a lasting solution to this yearly dilemma but, it appears the efforts have not yielded lasting solution to this yearly crisis.

For instance, a Commission is supposed to have been set up last year, headed by the SDO of Fako, Zang III, after similar floods affected several quarters with many houses destroyed; roads and bridges swept off and even a child dying due to the occurrence.

The said Commission was tasked with the mission of finding short and long term solutions and in a bid to enable the city beat off future occurrences. But the situation where people in Limbe seemingly find themselves trapped in the same floods every year is begging for answers from the administrators of the city.

The Post gathered that the Government Delegate to the Limbe City Council, Andrew Montanga, Mayors and other administrators of the town took a tour of the town on Monday, June 30, in a bid to assess the situation and take pre-emptive measures where necessary. This, they said, was in a bid to avoid the calamities that befell many of the residents in earlier years.