Ghana Social Opportunities Project Rehabilitates Dams and Dugouts for Dry Season Farming
The rehabilitation works included improvement in the earth embankments, riprapping and the planting of Vertiva grass to protect the upstream and downstream slopes from erosion.
There was also de-silting of the reservoir areas, widening and restoration of spillway structures, as well as repair of irrigation structures.
The rehabilitation of the dams, which falls under the labour intensive public works (LIPW) component of the GSOP, is being funded by the Government of Ghana and the World Bank.
The GSOP began in the Upper East Region in 2011, while the LIPW component is being undertaken through the various district assemblies, with facilitation and technical support from the Bolgatanga Regional Coordinating Office (BRCO) of the GSOP.
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