Graphic Online
BY: Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson
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An estate developer and a foreman in charge of an estate have been hauled before the Adentan District Court for allegedly providing unsafe and unwholesome water for residents of the estate.
Kwabena Atakora is the estate developer and Managing Director of Integral Associates Limited, while the foreman is Kwabena Asuning.
The estate Integral Homes is located at Abokobi in the Ga East municipality.
It is the case of the prosecution that residents of the estate developed skin rashes after using water from a mechanised borehole constructed by Atakora.
According to the prosecution, a test conducted at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research revealed that the water contained high levels of iron and chloride far beyond the guidelines of the World Health Organisation and was, therefore, not suitable for potable use without treatment.