This illegal has come with a cost to the local communities and the environment.
Currently, residents in the area are faced with a huge challenge of getting safe and clean drinking water. The only creek near the town is being polluted daily.
In an interview with this newspaper, residents said they are constraint to travel 10 to 15-minute walk to fetch water for drinking and other personal use. They want a higher authority to stop the illegal miners because of the harm.
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