A phased dredging, desilting and demolition exercise has begun across parts of Accra as part of the government’s efforts to reduce the city’s flood risk.

The first phase of the operation commenced at New England, behind the Airport Hills and Mayfair Garden Estates, before extending to the Tesa Dam in East Legon and Oyarifa.The Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations), Stan Xoese Dogbe, and the Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Adjei, with support from the Coordinator of the Flood Mitigation Task Force, Brigadier General Forster Okae-Yeboah are all supporting the exercise.