The Ministry of Works and Housing, has signed contracts for the construction of two storm drains at Kaneshie under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID Project). The two works include the construction of a storm drain from Accra Academy Senior High School to Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange (Lot One) and another one from the […]

The Minister for Works and Housing, Hon. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has cut sod for the construction of Nima-Paloma drain under the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) project. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony, the sector minister said the construction of the drain will help reduce the perennial flooding challenges in Accra, and bring the […]

The Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLDGRD), Mr Dan Botwe, has paid a working visit to the beneficiary Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies (MMAs) of the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project to assess the progress of the ongoing desilting works on local drains in the Assemblies. During the tour, Mr. […]

The Ministry of Works and Housing has taken delivery of the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Project from Messrs. OFEK Ltd. The Israeli firm was contracted in November 2020 to undertake aerial surveys for the acquisition of Lidar point cloud data in the Greater Accra Region. The LIDAR Project was intended to support the design […]

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in collaboration with the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project has conducted desktop flood simulation exercises in five Municipalities within the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area to assess the readiness of the selected Assemblies to respond to incidence of flooding and reduce the impacts of flood disaster along […]