Motorists and commuters plying the ever-busy Airport Road in Warri have lamented the difficulties they faced on Sunday due to the downpour that lasted for more than six hours.
They noted that the rain started at 11 in the morning and stopped at about 6pm, filling the road with a high volume of water and making it impossible for motorists and tricycles to ply.
Some commuters who spoke to newsmen said that the high volume of water experienced was as a result of blocked drainages along the road, calling on residents along the road to stop the illegal dumping of refuse in drainages whenever it rained.
They appealed to landlords along the Airport Road in Warri to as a matter of urgency ensure that their tenants and shop owners partake in the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the state to enable them clear the drainage in front of their shops and houses and also ensure that the dirt removed from the drainages were properly deposed.
Some equally called on the Uvwie Local Government Council Chairman, Mr. Ransom Onoyake, and the special environmental task force in the council to ensure that residents and shop owners comply with the monthly environmental exercises in the state. They urged the council boss to ensure that a mobile court was set up to punish persons who refuse to partake in the exercise to serve as deterrence to others.
The downpour in Warri and Effurun on Sunday forced most motorists and tricycle operators to park their vehicles and tricycles as the flood was entering their vehicles, resulting in damage to them.
Last year, the Uvwie Council Chairman had compelled landlords, residents and shop owners at Jakpa Road in the area to clean their drainages as a result of the flood on the road whenever it rained.
