Residents of Bagliga-Dakpemyili in the Tamale South of the Northern Region have been compelled to share water with animals due to the lack of potable water in the community.

A dam sited in the Bagliga-Dakpemyili community serves three villages is been consumed by animals which could lead to an outbreak of water-borne diseases.

When Soireenews visited  Bagliga- Dakpemyili community, it was observed that as residents fetch the dam water, animals also enjoy drinking on the other side.

Some children told that the water situation is worrying and due to the hilly location of the dam, their parents are not able to climb. They revealed that guardians have to wait for their wards to close from school before getting access to water.

“The community and its surrounding villages all depend on this dam. We drink the dam water in its raw state not because we enjoy it but we do not have a choice. There’s no potable water in this area we have never seen pipe water and so we manage with what we have.”

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The children ride bicycles to fetch the dam water from a distance which they complained as affecting their education.

“Our houses are far from the dam and sometimes we visit the dam 10 times to get water for house chores," they told.

They appealed to government, NGOs and philanthropist to come to the aid of the Bagliga-Dakpemyili community. Parents of the children told, Soireenews that due to the dangerous siting of the dam, they sometimes find it challenging to climb and occasionally fall from the mount into the dam.

They have therefore appealed to the government to provide them with pipe borne water to make life comfortable.

The Chief of Bagliga- Dakpemyili complained bitterly that, his people suffer to be able to access water from the dam hence their plead to government and all stakeholders to come to their aid.