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  The Ghana Armed Forces on Friday deployed 400 soldiers of all ranks to begin the second phase of 'Operation Halt' to rid the country's water bodies of illegal miners. The operation is aimed at removing all persons and logistics involved in mining on the water bodies. In a statement signed and issued by Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in Accra on Friday, said the second phase of the exercise would focus on the tributaries of Pra River, which were significantly affected by the activities of illegal miners. The military, the statement said, had also begun armed patrols of the Pra ...

30 april 2021 - 23:05:16 WA Panafrican News Agency Troops destroy 127 excavators, other mining equipment in fight against illegal mining Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The contingent of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) deployed to stop illegal mining in forest reserves and water bodies Friday destroyed 127 'chanfangs' or excavators and other equipment on the Pra River in the Wester and Central Regions, local media reports monitored by PANA here said

Graphic Online BY: Shirley Asiedu-Addo & Dotsey Koblah Aklorbortu Category: General News Ms Cecilia Dapaah (middle), Minister of Water and Sanitation, with other dignitaries inspecting facilities at the Sekyere Hemang treatment plant 30.5k Shares 705 The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has warned that illegal mining activities polluting water bodies and degrading the environment in the Central and Western regions are threatening raw surface water for treatment by the company in the area. At present, raw water flowing to the GWCL intake points in the two regions have high levels of sludge...

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 ...