The Birniwa Local Government Council has awarded contract for the construction of drainages at Birniwa LEA, Kachallari, Kubuna, Striya and Karanka villages to check the menace of flood.
The Council Chairman, Alhaji Umar Baffa Birniwa made this known to news men in Birniwa town.
He said the drainages would curtail the perennial flood threatening the villages, adding that, all towns and villages across the Local Government Area have been affected by the flood which destroyed lives, houses and properties.
He sympathized with the affected communities and directed for a compilation of comprehensive list of victims to be submitted to the State Emergency Management Agency for further action.