BAD ROADS, THE BLIGHT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT.
Road networks, just as any other catalyst infrastructure, opens up rural communities to development. Most rural communities in Ghana, particularly, the Volta Region, are under-developed due to bad nature of roads linking these communities to bigger towns despite being abound with a lot business potentials. Potholes ridden roads are not just recipe for road accidents but the straw that stirs the drink of poverty as profitable ventures remain untapped. The case is not different in some rural communities in the Anloga District of Volta Region of Ghana. One road of importance in the Anloga District which is left to deteriorate is the 13 kilometres Savietula-Anyanui road. This particular road links notable communities such as Savietula, Atorkor, Akplorwotorkor, Adakordzi, Dzita, Agbledomi, Anyanui, Atiteti, Fuveme, Tunu, Bomigo and Gblife. The inhabitants of these communities are predominantly vegetable farmers and fisher folks who use this road on daily basis to transport their produc...