Over 1000 school pupils from 13 communities in Kalba, one of the twin towns of Sawla-Tuna-Kalba in the Northern Region, have not reported to school this term due to the heavy rains in the area.
Heavy downpours have hit the area over the past few months, resulting in the displacement of families and rendering several of them homeless. Road networks linking communities to schools are in-accessible due to the torrential rains that have taken over almost all linking sources and farms in Kalba.
School pupils are therefore on extended holidays, virtually doing nothing since they can not even go to farms to help their parents.
Informational available to Daily Guide suggests that the said communities encounter this problem almost every year and nothing seems to be done about the future of these unfortunate pupils. Almost all the schools in question are not in good shape for studies.
Some youth in the area have used this opportunity to create cheap and dangerous means of transporting some community members across to other places for exorbitant fees.
The Sawla-Tuna Kalba District was carved out of the then Bole District in 2004 and indeed forms one of the 28 newly created districts from the original 110 MMDAs of the country. The District Chief Executive, Shakuru Bukari Alhassan mentioned that the topography of the District is generally flat with a few areas having diversity of patterns in terms of land height and this according to him, is the cause of the flooding in the area.
He noted that the district is going to face a lot of food shortages this year and therefore called on government and stakeholders to intervene.
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