10,000 Lake guards trained for rescue operations on Volta Lake
Ten thousand lake guards have been trained to safeguard the lives of passengers who travel by boat on the Volta Lake.
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The Ghana Navy has since 2009 also provided trainer of trainee programmes for people in communities along the Volta Lake to sensitise them to the hazards that often result in accidents on the lake.
Against the backdrop of the accidents that claimed many lives on the lake, the guards are strictly enforcing security codes, including ensuring that boats on the lake do not exceed the load threshold.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic on the measures the government had taken to eliminate the hitherto frequent disasters on the lake, the Minister of Transport, Ms Dzifa Aku Attivor, stated that the tree stumps that had been the major cause of the accidents were being removed.
Accidents
Two years ago, a boat carrying more than 25 passengers and foodstuffs from Amenorkope in the Krachi-West District