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BY: Dotsey Koblah Aklorbortu
Category: General News
LEFT: The polluted Ankobra River before the Operation Halt team stepped up its operation. RIGHT: The state of the river currently
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The Ankobra River in the Western Region which was polluted as a result of illegal mining has begun to run clear after the Operation Halt team stepped up its activities in the region.
This comes a month into the special operation by the military task force mandated to stop all mining activities within forest reserves and in water bodies.
The exercise has seen hundreds of illegal miners cleared from the Ankobra and its tributaries.
Illegal mining affecting water production in Daboase
April 21, 2021
Illegal mining activities are affecting the production of quality water at the Daboase Water Treatment Plant in Wassa East District, the Western Regional Chief Manager of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Francis Agyei-Boateng, has lamented.
He said galamsey activities increased cost in water treatment and also maintenance regime and called for a collective national action to stem the canker.
Mr Agyei -Boateng expressed these sentiments when the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Ms Cecilia Abena Dapaah, led a government delegation to assess the water situation at the Daboase Treatment Plant on Monday.