Hundreds rendered homeless as over 50 homes at Jachie battered by powerful rainstorm

Over one hundred residents of Jarchie in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region displaced by a rainstorm disaster are calling on their Member of Parliament Hon Osei Yaw Adutwum and the National Disaster Management Organization NADMO for help.

 

 

The residents who now have no roof over their heads are also pleading with corporate society and other benevolent organizations to come to their aid.

 

Over five house reportedly collapsed completely with 200 others having its roof ripped off in a heavy rainstorm that caused havoc in the community .

 

 

Following the unfortunate incident, a 15-year old girl died while properties amounting to thousands of Ghana cedis were destroyed.

 

 

Four days after the incident, residents displaced say, they are yet to receive any relief items either from state agencies of private organizations.

 

Speaking to kingsjersey media and Rivers Fm Reporter ABREWA NANA KWABENA TEWIAH TIK3SE3 , on Monday May 20, 2024, the Assembly Member for Jachie East Electoral Area, Hon Rachard Bimpeh revealed that the residents are in dire need of help.

 

He noted that most of them are either sleeping outside or are perching with their neighbors causing inconvenience for them.

He has therefore appealed to authorities in the district, Ashanti Region and Ghana at large to as a matter of urgency support the affected residents

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