Rainstorm causes havoc in Techiman

A rainstorm that hit the Techiman Municipality ripped off the roofs of 60 houses in eight communities.

The affected communities are Fiaso, Konimase, Kenten, Aworano, Takofiano, Sansama, Anyinabrem and New Krobo.

The rainstorm also destroyed six-unit classroom blocks of Islamic Primary ‘A’, Takofiano S.D.A. Primary and Junior High School, Adventist Preparatory School and a fou-classroom block of the Liberty International School.

Mr Jibreal Kesse Labib, the Techiman Municipal NADMO Co-ordinator, told the Ghana News Agency after inspecting the damage that 101 families had been displaced and were putting up with friends and relatives.

He said several electricity poles and cables were damaged leading to a power outage, adding the damage caused by the rainstorm was estimated at GH¢10,000.

Source: GNA