The people of Asutia watched clean water flow from a mechanized borehole for the first time after decades of hardship. Children who once trekked miles at dawn for unsafe water now have a tap nearby. The community in Techiman South, Bono East Region, has long faced daily shortages that caused illness and hardship.
For generations, Asutia’s residents depended on an unclean water source that often dried up during the dry season. When the stream vanished, they dug for water barely fit for animals. Prince Richard Donkor, the Odikro of Asutia and former Assembly Member of the Asubrofo Electoral Area, described the suffering. “We have suffered. Our people have been drinking unwholesome water. We battle waterborne diseases constantly because we have no choice,” he said. “Sometimes, the stream dries up, and we have to dig for water that isn’t even fit for animals. It has been a painful existence.”
Waterborne diseases affected children and adults alike. The daily struggle shaped life in the farming community. Years passed with no portable drinking water source. The community’s pleas for help seemed to go unheard.
That changed when Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, the Member of Parliament for Techiman South, took action. He initiated the drilling of a mechanized borehole to end the water crisis. The project faced setbacks. “We made three or four attempts trying to find water in this area,” the MP said at the handover ceremony. “But I was determined that the people of Asutia must have clean water. Today, that determination has paid off. We have finally struck water, and the relief is immense.”
The ceremony was a celebration. Women danced, children cheered, and elders smiled as clear water gushed from the borehole. The mechanized system is expected to serve the entire community and provide a sustainable source of safe drinking water.
Residents expressed gratitude. One said, “We are so thankful to the MP. For years, we prayed for this day. Now, our children will drink clean water. We can bathe and cook without fear. God bless the MP for remembering us.” An elderly woman, tears streaming down her face, called the sound of the borehole “a song of freedom.”
With clean water now accessible, the community hopes for more development projects. Leaders thanked the MP and urged continued focus on rural needs. For now, the simple act of turning a tap and finding clean water feels like a miracle to Asutia’s people.
According to Joy Online.
