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Holiday Revelers Fall off Canopy Walkway

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Some holiday revelers sustained various degrees of injury when they

fell off from the Bunso Arboretum Canopy Walkway in the East Akyem

Municipality of theEast Region.

The Republic Day holiday revelers numbering about ten, are currently

receiving treatment at the Tafo Government Hospital and the Hawa

Memorial Hospital, after they were rescued by a team from the Ghana

National Ambulance Service.

The canopy walkway was constructed only two years ago by a private

developer under an arrangement with government that sought to bring

more tourists to the area.

The Bunso Arboretum Eco-tourism forest reserve, is managed by the

Plant Genetic Resources Research Institute,PGRRI, of the Center for

Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR.The 320 metre long walkway,

has five bridges and six platforms.

According to Neequaye, it was the second bridge that fell off

resulting into the injuries to the users.

She says it is unclear what may have caused the accident.But having

visited the site and used the canopy walkway early this year, Neequaye

says it could be as a result of the huge number of persons who may

have used the walkway at a time without proper crowd control.

“When I visited there early this year, we were made to walk in threes

in order to manage the load. But I suspect that being a holiday, the

users may have outnumbered the strength of the walkway. I also have

unconfirmed reports that some of the people werejumping on it without

care”.

It is unclear what kind of expertise may have gone into the

construction of thewalkway but Neequaye says assistance was sortfrom

those who constructed the canopy walkway atthe Kakum National Park in

the Central Region.

The Bunso Arboretum eco-tourism center, is a protected forest reserve,

spanning 16.5 hectares.Half of the area is semi-deciduous forest while

the other half is made up of indigenous trees, along with fruits, nuts

and timber tree species which have been introduced to Ghana by the

Plant Genetic Resources Centre of Bunso.

The Arboretum is home to over 110 species of birds, some of which are

very rare. The protected Arboretum offers them a peaceful place to

call home.The herb garden which is located in the Arboretum contains

100 different species of herbs with a wide range of uses, from food to

medicinal to aromatic.

Visitors stroll through the many kilometres of nature trails in

thearboretum. Guests can identify the local trees and plants along the

way and learn about all the local uses for diverse tree and plant life

in the arboretum.

Credit: Peacefmonline.com

Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku

I am a Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist/Writer who has an interest in General News, Sports, Entertainment, Health, Lifestyle and many more.

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