Tepa (Ash), Aug 02, GNA - Zakina Dauda, 10, a deaf and dumb girl, got drowned in River Woromso at Anyinasu near Tepa in the Ahafo-Ano North District last Sunday.

According to police source, the girl fell into the river that has become stagnant at Anyinasu on the 45- kilometre Tepa/Mankraso road because a culver designed to drain the river across the road has been choked with silt.

The police said the girl was walking along the road when she suddenly fell into the river.

The District Chief Executive of Ahafo-Ano North, Nana Eric Agyemang Prempeh, has suggested to the consultant supervising the road construction to redesign that portion of the road and replace the culvert with a bridge and provide walkways.