Diversions of streams and rivers by the miners, who usually use mercury to extract the ore, have posed serious environmental challenges to the people in their areas of operations.
A visit to Sekyere-Hemang, where the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has an in-take and treatment plant, revealed that apart from operating in the Pra River bed and polluting the river, the galamsey operators have also caused damage to one of the filters at the in-take point.
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