{"id":6020,"date":"2024-05-22T13:10:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6020"},"modified":"2024-05-22T13:10:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T13:10:17","slug":"mccarthy-hill-residents-cry-over-acute-water-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6020","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy Hill residents \u2018cry\u2019 over acute water shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents of McCarthy Hill in the Weija Gbawe municipality are calling on the Ghana Water Company Limited(GWCL) to address challenges with water supply in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The residents have revealed they have for the past three months been experiencing water shortage, while attempts to seek redress have been fruitless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s been troubling us. We have children who attend school, and in the morning, we have to travel a considerable distance to fetch water before they can prepare for school. That worries us greatly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-5bda00a04d9d1d35bca9cfb502a767da ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VF9SNfJNhOA?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMoreover, when we return from work, there\u2019s no water. You open the tap, and it doesn\u2019t flow. When you complain, they acknowledge there\u2019s a problem, but they don\u2019t disclose the actual issue,\u201d a resident expressed frustration in an interview .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They added that, their predicament has been brought to the attention of the Assembly member but they are yet to see any action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe complained to the Assembly Member here, and she said she would look into it. Later, she confirmed to us that they reported a problem somewhere, one of their machines is broken down. We went to the waterworks, and they said they would come and fix it but haven\u2019t done so. We need water. If there\u2019s a problem with the pump, they need to replace it,\u201d they noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of McCarthy Hill in the Weija Gbawe municipality are calling on the Ghana Water Company Limited(GWCL) to address challenges with water supply in the area. The residents have revealed they have for the past three months been experiencing water shortage, while attempts to seek redress have been fruitless. \u201cIt\u2019s been troubling us. 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