How should government deal with galamsey menace?

Water treatment plants are being shut down one after the other almost every time, due to pollution, largely by the activities of illegal gold miners.

However, the Head of Communications at the Ghana Water Company, Steve Mantey recently disclosed that some water bodies in our villages in the Western region, Eastern, central, Ashanti and the others have been polluted by illegal mining activities.

He listed River Pra, Daboase,and River Ankobra, Birim River as the main water bodies which have been polluted in the Western region and Eastern region respectively.
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