In a bid to end the perennial
flooding of the Ariaria International Market and environs, the Abia State
government has begun the construction of an underground water channel to
connect the areas to the Ifeobara Basin along the Faulks Road in Aba.
The flood channel and the
rehabilitation of Faulks Road projects, being handled by the Setraco
Construction Ltd, is meant to take storm water from Faulks road and adjoining
streets as well as the Ukwa-Mango area to the Ifeobara Basin.
Successive administrations in the
state had made efforts to check the perennial flooding on Faulks road, the Ukwa
Mango area and the Ariaria International Market, but the problems became worse
with each rainy season.
During the rainy season, traders at
the Ariaria Market usually lament low patronage as customers stay away due to
heavy flooding of the market and the UkwaMngo area.
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