Stop illegal mining along Birim River-Cecilia Abena Dapaah
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The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has called on residents living around the intake point of the Oda Water Treatment Plant and the Birim River in the Eastern Region to desist from illegal mining to avoid polluting the river. The minister who was obviously not happy about the way the River instead of remaining colourless had turned brownish and muddy, warned that “If we do not stop protecting our water bodies posterity would judge us.” She made the call during an official tour of the intake point of the Water treatment plant at Oda on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Mrs Dapaah was accompanied by some officials from the ministry and the Ghana Water Company Limited(GWCL). She interacted with traders at the Oda market and commercial drivers. Minister Abena Dapaa explaining a point The Birim River is one of the main tributaries of the Pra River in Ghana and the country's most important diamond-producing area, flowing through most of the width of the Eastern Regi...