Banadir Governor and Mayor of Mogadishu Omar Mohamud Mohamed (Omar Finish) has inspected sections of the streets of Mogadishu following heavy downpour in the capital city over the past hours which resulted in closure of some roads.
Omar Finish later met with a family that lost five children in the heavy rains, and after his condolences he promised to monitor the family’s situation and called on the public to stand with them and provide emergency assistance.
Governor Omar’s directed Hamar Municipality ordered to re-open roads closed due to the rain water that posed problems of mobility and transport and emergency operations and disrupted services.
The streets of Mogadishu are set up by the Rain water forcing the Transport sectors to demand immediate opening of these roads to ease the traffic flow as they are taxpayers paying for such services.
Streets have yesterday turned to rivers as heavy downpour wreaked havoc. The same caused closure of sections of roads .Some locals blamed the poor drainage system for the mess in the city.
Mustaqbal Media