Obuasi

Obuasi Faces Looming Water Crisis As Odaso River Is Heavily Polluted
02 Sep

Obuasi Faces Looming Water Crisis As Odaso River Is Heavily Polluted

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The Ghana Water company in Ashanti has forewarned that residents in Obuasi and adjoining communities face a looming water shortage as illegal mining activities continue to ravage water bodies in the area. The Odaso treatment plant, the main source of water to the mining communities, is now heavily polluted beyond its permissible limits with about 60% of the water treated from the plant going to waste. Illegal mining activities along river bodies continue unabated in the Ashanti region, damaging water sources intended for domestic and agricultural use. The Odaso treatment plant serves residents in Obuasi and its surrounding communities, but…
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8 Shops Burn To Ashes At Obuasi Black Park
27 Feb

8 Shops Burn To Ashes At Obuasi Black Park

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A devastating fire outbreak has resulted in the destruction of containers at Obuasi Black Park in the Ashanti Region. The blaze, which started from a single container, quickly spread to other structures, engulfing a total of eight containers. Responding swiftly to the emergency, firefighters from Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine and the Ghana National Fire Service in Obuasi were on the scene to contain the inferno and prevent further spread. James Nunoo, a Fire Rescue Team Officer from AGA Obuasi Mining, confirmed the incident and the extent of the damage, revealing that more shops would have been affected if they had…
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Abu Jinapor’s Head Of Monitoring And Evaluation Is Into Serious Galamsey- Abronye (Video)
22 May

Abu Jinapor’s Head Of Monitoring And Evaluation Is Into Serious Galamsey- Abronye (Video)

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The head of Monitoring and Evaluation at the Ministry of Lands and Forestry, has been fingered as being behind galamsey operations in Ghana. The Bono regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe who dropped this bombshell alleged that despite government's call for a halt in galamsey operations, the head of Monitoring and Evaluation Lands and Forestry officer is destroying forests through illegal mining and cutting down trees for his personal gain. According to him, the alleged officer has his concession at Adamso Forest located in Obuasi where he is mining illegally. Video attached https://youtu.be/6tqxetux-m4   Speaking on Wontumi…
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