Office of Drainage Services (ODS) has begun maintenance and clearing of primary, secondary and tertiary drainage channels in Lagos State.
A schedule of maintenance released on Monday by (IDS) General Manager Lekan Shodeinde, said the drains cleared were Omole/Jubilee Agiliti, Muri International channel and System 1 channel comprising Odo Iya Alaro from Ojota to the lagoon.
Other channels scheduled for maintenance under Ikeja division are Elere collector drain, Agege; Idimu Road collector drain; Jimoh/Victoria/Shasha roads collector drain; Gudugba collector drain; Agege Motor Road (Mushin section) and Kolawole Sebili/Falana collector drain.
Those to be maintained in the Lagos division are Durosinmi Etti channel; Admiralty, Lekki, System 4 channel; Fola Osibo channel; Point Road-Liverpool collector drain, Apapa; Simpson Ebute Elefun collector, Ojo Oniyun collector drain, and Signal Barracks channel in Badagry would also be maintained.
ODS, which is an arm of the Ministry of the Environment, listed Oke Ijeun channel, Ojo, Abiodun Sadiku collector drain, old Akute Road collector drain, Ikeja roundabout/Awolowo Way collector drain, Ikeja, Agege Motor Road collector (Ikeja section), Downstream Alabi Owoyemi/Adeyiga/Awolowo Way collector drain, Oworonshoki, Jemtok/Kinoshi collector drain, Ago Palace Way, Isolo as other channels to be worked on.
Also to be treated are: Olusoji/Rashidi Akotun/Odugunwa collector drain in Bariga, Shomolu division, NTA Agric collector in Ojo, Aguda Ikate collector in Surulere division, Ladilak/Pelewura/Randle/Burma collector drain and Norman Williams collector drain in Eti Osa division.
Adosoba channel, Achakpo collector, Adio Mumuni Badmus collector and Kehinde Eta Öko collector in Badagry.
Bale Animashaun Road collector drain, Alakuko Road, Isheri Olowoora Road drain in Ikeja division as well as Awoyaya collector, Ibeju Lekki and Bogije collector in Ibeju Lekki.
Carter Railway collector, Omodunni outfall collector, Admiralty Road collector drain, Lekki and Mobil Estate Road collector drain, VGC in Lagos division.
Osa Iwerekun, Ibeju Lekki, Prof. Agbalajobi collector in Epe, Owutu-Ishawo Road, Epe division, Obafemi Awolowo Road, Epe, Ikorodu division Igbogbo Solebo Ajewo channel, Church Street, Ipaja Road in Ikeja division and Eric Moore Road in Lagos division. The Nation
