{"id":81915,"date":"2025-07-12T18:29:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T18:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/tallinding-nam-calls-for-urgent-action-amid-annual-floods"},"modified":"2025-07-12T19:44:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:44:21","slug":"tallinding-nam-calls-for-urgent-action-amid-annual-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/tallinding-nam-calls-for-urgent-action-amid-annual-floods","title":{"rendered":"Tallinding NAM Calls for Urgent Action Amid Annual Floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The National Assembly Member (NAM) for Tallinding, Hon. Musa Badjie, has raised concerns about the severe flooding crisis in Talinding Farokono, calling for swift government action to protect residents from recurring devastation.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hon. Badjie made the call during an exclusive interview held on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor over two decades, residents of Talinding Farokono have battled yearly floods that damage homes, destroy property, and create serious health hazards,\u201d he said. \u201cDespite being part of a major urban settlement, the community remains without an effective drainage system to protect them during rainy season,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that nearly all compounds along the Farokono lie within a swampy corridor, making them highly vulnerable to floodwaters, noting that families have been forced to abandon their homes or live surrounded by water and overflowing pit latrines, which threaten public health.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, this year\u2019s flooding has been exacerbated by the on-going OIC road construction from Jeshwang through Tallinding towards Abuko, adding that while the road design includes drainage gutters, the construction has been slow, and concrete slabs placed early on have blocked the natural water flow from Bundung and other areas into the swamp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gutters are being built at the final stage, but there\u2019s no immediate way to channel rainwater away from homes. I raised the issue directly with the transport Minister in parliament, who promised to send a technical team,\u201d he disclosed. However, he says, as of now no team has inspected Tallinding Farokono.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gutters projects are too limited and aren\u2019t linked to a wider system to move water safely out of the community,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Tallinding NAM states that municipal councils face major funding barriers, stressing that those large projects need capital that local councils like the Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) don\u2019t have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough the constitution requires the government to allocate 25% of the development budget to councils, this support has not materialized. The government often blames councils for lacking capacity, but it\u2019s the government\u2019s job to build that capacity and fund these critical works,\u201d Hon. Badjie said, emphasizing that billions are spent on major roads and OIC infrastructure while flood\u2010affected communities wait.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that unless drainage becomes a real government priority, residents would keep facing property losses and health crises every rainy season. He called for an integrated drainage plan covering the entire corridor from Abuko to Jeshwang and Manjai to protect lives and property. \u201cPeople here pay taxes like everyone else. They deserve to see real action, not just promises,\u201d Badjie remarked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The National Assembly Member (NAM) for Tallinding, Hon. Musa Badjie, has raised concerns about the severe flooding crisis in Talinding Farokono, calling for swift government action to protect residents from recurring devastation. Hon. Badjie made the call during an exclusive interview held on Thursday. \u201cFor over two decades, residents of Talinding Farokono [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":81914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-81915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tallinding NAM Calls for Urgent Action Amid Annual Floods - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Assembly Member (NAM) for Tallinding, Hon. 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