WRITTEN BY IFEANYI NWOSU
The last may not have been heard of the Anambra State erosion menace as new sites continue to develop.

The latest of the sites are the Ubahu-Nanka land slide that claimed a large portion of farmland, sacking many of the residents of the area and that of Umuowelle-Agulu in Anaocha Council Area.
Addressing a cross-section of people of Ubahu-Nanka in Orumba North Council Area, the State Commissioner for Environment, Beautification and Ecology, Engr. Romanus Ejikeme, who led the inspection team, expressed shock at the magnitude of the slide, describing it as pathetic.
Engr. Ejikeme assured the people of the State Government’s commitment to their welfare, promising government’s commitment to tackling the menace.
Earlier while conducting the team round the site, the chairman, Nanka Erosion Control Committee, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, blamed the channeling of floods into the community during the construction of Awka-Ekwulobia Road as the major cause of erosions in the area.
He described that section of the road as the confluence of floods, where all the floods from Agulu, Ekwlulobia and those from Igbokwu and Umuona come together and they flow into the community with high intensity.
Chief Okeke-Ogene expressed his gratitude to the Governor for all his transformational projects in the state, but enjoined him to come to their rescue, suggesting the digging of catchment pits along the flood ways to break the speed of the flood and reduce its impact.
Speaking to ABS, Elder Christopher Obi and Mr. Cyprian Nwachukwu, from Ubahu village Nanka regretted the hardship the community now face as a result of the menace and appealed to the government to come to their rescue.
At Umuowelle Agulu, the chairman of the village, Mr. Uzoegbu, appealed to the state government to come to their aid because the whole village is on the verge of being cut off completely from the rest of Agulu Community and the state at large.
Also, an elder in the village, Chief Chukwudi Nwekekwalu, expressed concern that the whole village is living in perpetual fear and uncertainty as their lives are threatened by the menace of erosion.

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