Jama’ar wasu al’ummomi a jihar Ogun sun fara koma wurin zama saboda karancin ruwa da ke tashi a yankin. Daga bayanin da PUNCH Metro ya wallafa, an ce mazaunan yankin sun fara ganin karuwar ruwan kogin Ogun tun daga Laraba.
Ruwan da aka sako daga madatsar ruwan Oyan Dam ta hukumar Ogun-Oshun River Basin Authority ya yi sanadiyar haliyar ta. Mazaunan yankin Isheri, Arepo, Lafenwa, Warewa, da sauran yankuna masu kusa da hanyar Lagos-Ibadan Expressway sun tarar da damuwa saboda tsananiyar ruwa.
Muftau Alabi, wani mazaunin Isheri North GRA, ya ce ruwa ya fara shiga wasu tituna tun daga Lahadi. Ya ce, “Mun tashi ranar Lahadi mun ga tituna suna cika ruwa. Kowa yake damuwa amma har yanzu muna sarrafa haliyar ta. Wadanda suke kusa da inda ruwan ya shigo ba zai iya shiga gidajensu da mota ba. Munamun in ba zai zama irin wata bala’i da muka samu shekarar da ta gabata ba.”
Kunle Adejobi, wani mazauni, ya ce wasu mazauna yankin suna zaton koma wurin zama domin guje wa bala’in ruwa. Ya ce, “Yana saduwa mun samu matsalar ruwa ta koma. Mutane suna zaton barin yankin domin su guje wa bala’in ruwa ta kama yadda ta ke yi a shekarar da ta gabata.”
Shugaban Riverview Estate, Abayomi Akinde, ya ce ruwan bai kai matakin barazana a yankunan mazaunin ba, amma suna fatan ruwan zai rage yanzu. Ya ce, “Akwai karancin ruwa kadan kuma ruwa yana shiga kwanakwana amma har yanzu ba mu ce barazana ba. Munamun in ruwan zai rage. Mutanen yankin North GRA har yanzu suna shiga gidajensu amma ba da mota ba, amma ba shi da muni, kuma ruwan yana karuwa kowanne rana.”
Akinde ya ce ruwan da aka sako daga madatsar ruwan Oyan Dam a matsayin asalin haliyar ta. Ya ce, “Hakika haliyar ta ta faru ne saboda madatsar ruwan. A yanzu haka, suna saka ruwa a asali 12%. Na ce a baya, idan sun saka ruwa a asali 10%, za mu gani ruwa a kowane wuri. Kuma sun ce ba madatsar ruwansu ba, in su kulle madatsar ruwansu zuwa asali 5%, za mu gani abin da zai faru cikin kwanaki uku zuwa hudu. Ruwan zai gargaɗa.”
