Three communities Gomoa Mampong, Okyereko and Adawukwa have been affected displacing scores of residents.
Three houses have collapsed so far.
Several acres of onion, rice and vegetable farms and three large fishponds have completely submerged.
The flooding has been caused by a diversion of the natural course of the Ayensu River which takes its source from the Eastern Region and cross the Kasoa-Winneba Highway at Okyereko before joining the sea by the contractor working on the road expansion.
The integrity of the road has been heavily compromised exposing commuters to danger.
The Ayensu river has overflowed its banks causing a devastating flooding at Gomoa Okyereko in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The flooding has occurred as a result of the diversion of the natural course of the river by the contractor working on the Kasoa-Winneba road expansion. Several residents have been affected and the road closed to traffic. Central Regional Correspondent Akwasi Addo has more in the following report.
The contractor Nag Firmount blocked the natural course of the Ayensu river from the main bridge to a smaller one at Gomoa Okyereko. Heavy rains in the Eastern Region where the river takes it source caused the river to overflow its banks and submerging the Gomoa Okyereko, Adawukwa and Mampong communities.
So far 150 houses have been flooded while three have totally collapsed displacing hundreds of residents.
Large acres of rice, vegetable farms as were as fishponds have also been completely inundated throwing farmers into possible huge losses.
The integrity of a portion of the road has also been compromised forcing authorities to close the road to traffic to avert any misfortune.
The Gomoa East NADMO director Robert Hackman spoke to Metro News giving details of the closure as well as alternative routes available to commuters.
