Harper, Maryland County – Several residents of Kablaken town and Gregory Street in Harper, Maryland County have been made homeless following a flood that hit the communities on Saturday.
The situation caused over 100 persons to seek refuge in the homes of their neighbors in Kablaken and Harper.
Kablaken Town and Gregory Street are places in Harper situated along the Atlantic Ocean.
These places have over the years suffered from flood due to their close proximity to the ocean.
Similar situation occurred in 2013, when President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf identified with the victims due to the level of damage done by the flood.
President Sirleaf through the local authority relocated the flood victim, provided zincs, nails, food and money to facilitate their relocation in order to save their lives, but some residents of the two areas deliberately refused to relocate and cannot give account of items provided by President Sirleaf through the local authority.
The flood, early this year hit Gregory Street another embarrassing situation that led Superintendent Betsy Kuoh Toe and the Assistant Superintendent for Development, Nathaniel Toe to provide land to each family head in Jacksonville, New Harper to relocate from Gregory Street as a means of avoiding future occurrence.
But the old age problem came creeping again on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the county authority through the acting Superintendent, Hon. Roland Jallah, the Land Commissioner Robert Moore, and Acting Mayor of Harper City Isaac Weah have decided not to take drastic action against those living in the affected areas in the county.
According to the officials, if stern action is not taken, the situation may cause many deaths if people continue to live in the unsafe areas.
The local authority told FrontPageAfrica in Harper that they are expected to demolish over 50 houses in the two areas because these residents were in the past given land and compensated to relocate but failed to do so.
“We will not sit here and people endanger their lives, the reflection will be on us as county authorities,” Acting Superintendent Toe pointed out.
For their part, residents of the affected areas said they are appealing to the local authority to give them time to relocate to the places provided by the local authority within a week or two.
Report by George K. Momo 0880303757/[email protected]
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