DELTA State residents living along the bank of River Niger and other low lying flood prone areas of the state, have been advised to move to higher grounds to avert casualties associated with sudden flooding.
Deputy Speaker of Delta State Assembly, Honourable Friday Osanebi in a statement, at the weekend, said the advice became necessary in view of high water level reported by his special monitoring team in parts of the state.
According to Honourable Osanebi, some communities along River Niger like Adiai, Onyah, Utchi, Obeche and Aballa-Oshimili in Ndokwa East Local Government Area and Asaba area in Oshimili South were under severe threat of flooding and coastal erosion.
The monitoring team had reported total flooding of Adiai and imminent fooding of Aika, Umuoshele, Diakpulu in Aballa-Oshimili, as well as Obeche, Utchi, Utuoku and Ase, among others.
While recalling the sad incident of the death of a traditional ruler, the Agadagba of Adiai kingdom in Ndokwa east HRH. Enueshike, in the 2012 flood disaster, the lawmaker enjoined all local government chairmen in the state, to closely monitor the flooding of their localities and sensitise the people in order to prevent any casualty in 2015
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