Aftermath of heavy rain: Chaos, lamentations as flood grounds Lagos

10hours Unstoppable Rain: Lagos Underwater as Flood Devastates, Commuters, Residents Cry Out

LAGOS — IT was confusion and lamentation galore in Lagos, yesterday, as activities in most parts of the state were paralysed following early morning rains that left many neighbourhoods heavily flooded, with motorists trapped along major roads, including the ever-busy Third Mainland Bridge.

It was also blame galore, with many pointing accusing fingers at the state government for failing to enforce environmental protection laws and prosecuting those caught dumping refuse in drainage channels leading to their blockage and flooding whenever it rains.

For instance, an environmental expert and publisher of EnvironNews, a publication on environment issues, Mr Michael Simire, said: “About nine hours of torrential rainfall is a lot of water that is bound to cause some sort of havoc in a city like Lagos that has a considerable landmass below sea level and with numerous swampy areas that have all become built-up residential areas.

“The poor drainage network is worsened by the habit of dumping refuse in drainage channels which become blocked and lead to flooded neighbourhoods. Also, a considerable amount of structures in Lagos are built along drainage channels.

“Government should endeavour to clear and maintain the secondary and primary drainage channels so that they can accommodate run-offs from heavy rains like this one.”

Poor drainage system, planning lead to flooding—Experts

Also reacting, a consulting town planner, Mr Ayo Adejumo said “Everything that was not planned will give bad or wrong results or lead to disasters such as flooding we experience all over Lagos now.

The lack of proper planning of our environment is giving us what we see now in our environment.

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When the government spends money to do development plans and they are not implemented, ungodly situations like flooding is what we get because development plans take care of environmental issues like this and profer adequate mitigation measures.

“Lack of provision of dump sites as part of planning is also a factor causing flooding as residents of Lagos dump wastes and refuse in the drainage and water bodies thus blocking free flow of water.

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10hours Unstoppable Rain: Lagos Underwater as Flood Devastates, Commuters, Residents Cry Out"
10hours Unstoppable Rain: Lagos Underwater as Flood Devastates, Commuters, Residents Cry Out”
10hours Unstoppable Rain: Lagos Underwater as Flood Devastates, Commuters, Residents Cry Out"
10hours Unstoppable Rain: Lagos Underwater as Flood Devastates, Commuters, Residents Cry Out”

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