ANAMBRA TO GO AFTER HOUSES WITHOUT PROPER DRAINAGE IN ORDER TO COMBAT EROSION . (PHOTO).

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 Anambra to go after houses without proper drainage in order to combat Erosion  Worried by the rising menace of gully erosion, the Anambra State Government has threatened to enforce regulations requiring residents to provide proper drainage for storm water from their homes. The State Executive Council (ANSEC), which announced the proposed enforcement, lamented that erosion remains an existential challenge in Anambra, blaming the situation on careless actions by some communities and lapses by regulatory bodies in enforcing environmental laws. Briefing journalists after the weekly executive council meeting, the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Law Mefor, said it had been observed that some residents channel storm water from their homes directly onto roads, where it accumulates and worsens the erosion crisis across the state. “ANSEC has resolved to step up enforcement to compel residents to properly channel and manage storm water from their houses. Communities are also expected ...

MR GARETH'S SNAKE,BITES HIS NEIGHBOURS BREAST.

Painful: Caroline Griffin says she screamed and tried to sit up when she realised there was an animal in her bed. At this point the snake bit into her breast, leaving bruising and puncture marks            A large snake,attacked a mother of four children,Caroline Griffin.The large snake,crawled into her bed while she was sleeping and bit her on her breast.She was so lucky when it turned out that the snake was a harmless brown belly California king snake which had escaped from a neighbours home six months earlier.She said ''I was about to get up to get the kids ready for school when i threw the duret back and saw it sitting on my chest.I thought the kids were playing some sort of trick on me at first.Then i saw it move and i got the fright of my life.As soon as i started to scream,it bit me on the breast.It was quit soure.I thought i was going to die''.News spread along the street and a short time later the snake owner Gareth Niven,21 years,arrived at her frount door to collect it.Mr Gareth Niven said the snake,which he calls Hiss,had escaped from his tank six months earlier and is likely to have been living in a derelict house that separates his and Ms Griffin's properties.It is believed council workers who recently visited the abandoned house may have disturbed Hiss and caused him to move into Ms Griffin's house.More pictures below.                                        Caroline GriffinHelp: As she suffered no immediate ill health as a result of the bite, Ms Griffin asked her children to take photographs of the snake and call the Scottish SPCAOn the loose: The snake's owner Gareth Niven (pictured) said Hiss escaped from his tank six months ago. He thinks Hiss is likely to have been living in a derelict house that separates his and Ms Griffin's properties

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