Bagre dam spillage: farmlands flood in Bawku

More farmlands in the Bawku West District in the Upper East Region have been flooded following the spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso last Tuesday.

The situation has been compounded with heavy rains in the area last Thursday night.

Some residents of the district whose farms have been submerged, however, said no casualties had been recorded.

Some of the farmers told the Daily Graphic yesterday that their farmlands had been washed away by floods due to the spillage and heavy rains last Thursday night.

500 farmers

A farmer in the Timonde community in the Bawku West District, Mr Francis Ayaba, said in his community about 500 farmers had been affected by the floods.

He explained that he and his father, for instance, can no longer go to their farms because they fear they may drown.

Mr Ayaba said together, they had nine acres of farms which had been submerged in water. They cultivated maize, groundnut, mil