Business activities at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle are gradually picking up, days after the floods that hit the capital last Wednesday.
The same can however, not be said about those around the Vienna City area, as they would have to wait a little bit longer for investigations to be conducted into the explosion at the Goil Filling Station after the security agencies cordoned off the area.
The busy area was deserted after last Wednesday’s downpour which claimed over 150 lives.
At the time of the visit to the area by The Ghanaian Times, makeshift shops were fully operational as hawkers and pedestrians meandered through the once again lively Nkrumah Circle area.
The three major lorry parks – neoplan, VIP and Kaneshie stations – were back to life as bus conductors, referred to as 'mates' shouted their destinations to attract passengers to board their vehicles.
The traffic congestion, characteristic of the Circle, was once again exhibited after the floods as commuters spent minutes, if not hours in traffic to reach their destinations.
Workers of the Brazilian construction firm, Quiroz Galvao, constructing the three-tier interchange were, as usual very busy on the job.
Some traders and shop owners, speaking to The Ghanaian Times, hoped the floods and the fire that threw the nation into morning would not be experienced again in the country’s history.
Akosua Ampomah, a trader in cosmetics, speaking in the local Akan dialect, described the flood as one that had caused them much pain and sorrow.
According to her, three of her colleagues in the cosmetics business died in the incident, but thanked God for sparing her life.
She said she was only saved because she was not at the disaster area because of her mother’s ill health.
To Francis Frimpong, a dealer in phone accessories, the floods were beyond the ordinary.
“It was a signal to our leaders. They must sit up and do what is right and just, to alleviate the suffering of Ghanaians".
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