The Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Duncan has asked water supply companies and agencies not to limit the amount of water people can fetch in the period of free water supply.
There are reports that some water agency officials in some parts of the region were limiting residents to two buckets of water a day.
Mr Duncan said government as much as possible understood the needs of people in these trying times and water supply agencies must not place any impediments that could prevent people from getting access to adequate water.
Mr Duncan was speaking at a meeting with all metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives, police commanders, water agency managers, senior health professionals and the media in the region today [Monday, April 14, 2020] to assess the region’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mr Duncan reiterated that government would bear the cost and that there was no need to be economical with the water.
He asked the MMDCEs to work with the agencies involved to resolve all outstanding issues relating to the free supply of water for three months to the various communities as directed by the president.
He also asked the MMDCEs to collaborate effectively with the security agencies to enforcing the social distancing protocol.
He asked them to be firm, show some machoism and sternness in enforcing the social distancing rule. He also urged the media to use their channels to support efforts at getting the right information to the communities.
The Regional Director for the Community Water Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Mr Kwesi Brown said though some of their water facilities were under pressure due to increase in demand, the agency would work to ensure communities had access to water for free as directed by the president.
He said the limits on how much water could be fetched could have been miscommunication from officials saying it would be investigated and rectified.
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