By Edward Williams
Hohoe (V/R), Jan. 23, GNA – The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has commissioned and handed over four mechanised boreholes to four communities in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region.
The boreholes with polytanks handed over to the Wli Agorviefe, Fodome Dzogbega, Klokpoga and Hohoe By-Fire communities were in collaboration with the Hohoe Municipal Assembly.
Mr Philip Agbezudor, Volta/Oti Regional Manager, PURC briefing the media noted that the project was part of the Commission’s social corporate responsibility and according to the Legislative Instrument that established PURC.
He said the projects were to ensure that communities that did not have potable water could at least have potable water through PURC, thereby, alleviating the plight of communities without potable water.
Mr Agbezudor said the PURC had about 54 water projects ongoing in the Volta region with many to be commissioned and handed over by the end of the first quarter of the year.
He said it was the expectation that the beneficiary communities would own the boreholes as their initiative to ensure their longevity so to serve the purpose for which it they were made for.
Mr Agbezudor said the PURC projects were not political projects nor political collaboration, adding that they were put up through the Commission’s revenue.
Mr Prosper Kumi, Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), said the projects came at a very important time and believed they would serve the communities very well.
He said he would further engage with the beneficiary committees to see how they could take proper care of the boreholes so that their maintenance would not become a burden on the Assembly.
Mr Kumi said the communities would form 3-member committees to oversee the functioning of the boreholes and generate revenue through sales for expansion and repair purposes.
Togbe Zonyra III of Wli Agorviefe, Mr Simon Ganyo of Fodome Dzogbega and Mr Kofi Gbemu of Klokpoga, on behalf of their various communities expressed gratitude to the PURC and the Assembly for the projects.
They also assured of their commitments to taking good care of the boreholes as well as ensure that they do not become useless if they became faulty.
The boreholes were constructed by the Sed Investment International.
GNA
Edited by Maxwell Awumah/Linda Asante Agyei