GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan at the weekend said Delta State government would soon implement the master drainage project in five major cities of the state.

He equally assured Delta people that all roads being constructed but currently put on hold would be completed as soon as the rains are over.

Speaking with journalists shortly after inspection of roads in the city, the governor said his administration was poised to tackling flood in the state.

In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Sunny Ogefere, Uduaghan said: "We have a master drainage project that we are starting in Warri and Effurun as soon as the rainy season is over. This is just as we have the one that is starting in Asaba and Ughelli and of course, the other place is Uzere. We need to do a master drainage for these areas because they get flooded with the rains and you know, the problem of flooding has increased all over the world because of the level of water.

"People must understand that flooding is not peculiar to Delta State alone. All over the world now, there is serious problem of flooding because of climate change. But for us, we need to do something and so, we are commencing this master drainage project in Warri and Effurun".

On roads, Uduaghan said: "Talking about roads generally in Warri and Effurun, you would have noticed that at a time, there seemed to have been some problems with the roads, especially the roundabout and others.

"I am not even impressed with the tarring of many roads in Warri. Enough layers were not put on these roads and that is why they fail easily. It is very clear to everybody now that we need to resurface most of the roads in this environment and that is what we are going to do in the next dry season.

"To construct road during the rainy season is not easy but as soon as the rains are over, we will commence work on all the on-going road projects in the state".

According to him: "For us as a government, we are ready to maintain the drains, but people have to be responsible by avoiding throwing things into the drainage system. We need to cultivate this habit that the responsibility for caring for the drainage rests on all of us because everybody suffers from the flooding. So we need to behave responsibly as far as the drainage systems are concerned.

"We are going to create another turn-around place on the Airport Road just before the Airport junction so that people do not need to get to the junction before they start turning round".