Illegal structures built along drainage systems and on waterways were levelled by bulldozers.

Mr. Kwabena Nsenkyire, the Ashanti Regional Coordinator of the NADMO, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the goal was to help prevent flooding and the attendant destruction of lives and property.

Dagomba-Line, inhabited mainly by migrants, was among the worst hit in a recent flooding, which claimed seven lives, and brought pain and misery to many others. Mr. Nsenkyire said the exercise would be extended Anhwiam, Anloga-Junction and Aboabo Number One.

Some owners of the affected structures are, however, appealing to the officials to put a human face on what “they are doing”. They said they should have at least been given prior notice and time to relocate.

Madam Awuni Kumah, a mother of four, who has been selling stationery at the place for over two decades, said it was unfair for anybody to destroy her business.

She asked to be resettled by the authorities – to get their lives back