Edo State Government through the Ministry of Roads and Bridges has embarked on desiltation and maintenance of flood water receptacles (drains and manholes) in Benin City.
The water reinjection schemes at the Legislative Quarters, Boundary Road right around Adesuwa Road Junction and the ones situated at Ihama are presently under desiltation and maintenance to enable it take water back into the earth.
The water receptacles are bodies which are built up/man made or natural that are made to accommodate flood water through channels such as drains culverts to avoid erosion and incessant flooding.
These water receptacles can be natural such as moats, rivers etc. It can also be man made which may be retention and detention ponds, water reinjection schemes etc. These water receptacles work in tandem and interchangeably with respect to proximity and functionality.
Amongst the stated man made bodies is the water re-injection scheme, which may be colloquially also known as the “back-to-earth system”. Its system’s technique is having a built up section which entails multiple ducted piped membranes made to receive flood water for percolation back to the aquifer(sink) from its source (casing) in line with the water cycle mechanism.
At the moment, work is ongoing and some are yet to commence due to the continual rainfall on the maintenance and rehabilitation of the flood water re- injection scheme at Boundary Road, the Legislative Quarters and the Military Base at Ihama Road.
Some of the roads and drains in Benin City where desiltation and maintenance are onging include College Road and environ in Aduwawa; Ehondor and Iyekemosa Road; Sapele Road from Murtala Mohammed Way to Pan Ocean; Okhoro Road from New Lagos Road to Ikpoba River and TV Road from Siluko Road to Five Junction
Meanwhile, some residents of Benin have applauded the government’s initiative saying it is timely.
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