The Ministry of Works and Housing is in the process of developing a national master plan on drainage system to mitigate the effects of flooding in the country.
Currently, Ghana has no master plan on our drainage system, as is the situation with land, thereby opening the floodgate for people to build even on waterways.
Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Dr. Prince Hamid Armah (MP), yesterday told journalists at a media forum in Accra, that the development has already started in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions and would soon be hitting other regions.
“Flooding is caused by two things, systemic regulatory failure and human activities,” and so the BENCHH 2024 would tackle comprehensively the challenges bedevilling the sector.
The Built Environment National Conference on Housing and Hydrology (BENCHH), which is slated for 2 to 4 July, this year, aims to bring together experts, policy makers, and stakeholders to foster collaboration and drive progress in addressing Ghana’s pressing housing and hydrology challenges.
The conference, according to the deputy minister, would focus on three thematic areas: hydrology and the first day, housing and finance on the second day, and regulators, with specially focus on the Real Estate Agency Council, Engineering Council and Architects Registration Council.
The chairman of BENCHH 2024 said the maiden BENCHH marks a significant turning point in Ghana’s pursuit for a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable built environment sector and therefore urged all and sundry to be part of the conference to find sustainable solutions to the country’s perennial flooding.
