{"id":54412,"date":"2022-11-09T09:17:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T09:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=54412"},"modified":"2022-11-09T09:17:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T09:17:50","slug":"bimbilla-residents-faced-with-water-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=54412","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Bimbilla residents faced with water challenges<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Residents of Bimbilla in the Nanumba North Municipality are battling with a water shortage which has lasted for two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the onset of the dry season, the residents are contending with the worsening brunt of what has become a water crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some pipes on the mainline were damaged during road construction and the pipes are yet to be repaired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, residents depend on water tank operators, who draw water from the Wapu dam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents have also complained about the increase in the price of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially, a barrel of water was sold for GH\u00a21.50, but this has increased to GH\u00a23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe pipe manager says a drum now sells at GH\u00a23, and we don\u2019t have that. Now the country is hard, everyone is crying. Women are the managers in the house, and we provide everything, so for the pipe water to increase to GH\u00a23, will compound our challenges. We are appealing to them to consider us,\u201d Salamatu Alhassan, a resident, said to\u00a0Citi News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abiba Kasim, a resident who sells water, said \u201cI\u2019ve been asked to sell a drum for GH\u00a23 by the managers\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur women are now suffering because things are hard these days,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The manager of the Bimbilla water system, Ibrahim Sugri also said the contractor has been asked to replace the pipes, and he is yet to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the price increments, the manager said the situation exists because of the recent increase in their cost of production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is not that we just want to increase the price of the water, but we are trying to be able to provide water without many difficulties,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? 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