An injunction has been granted by a Sogakope High Court against the dredging activities by the Volta River Authority and the Lower Volta Dredging Contractors Limited on the Volta River.

This follows a suit filed by Zikpuitor Afatsawu Dzeble of Agbeve in the South Tongu District. 

The application, which was filed on 12 December, 2022, was motion ex-parte for an order of interim injunction restraining the respondents and defendants from dredging which results in pollution of the river in Agbeve community and its adjoining communities. 

The court, which was presided by Justice Doreen G Boakye Agyei after listening to the application, granted the plea of the plaintiff. Thus, both the respondents and defendants have been restrained from carrying out dredging activities in the river.

The Agbeve community members recently raised concerns over the activities of the vessel seen working in the area, which according to them had negative environmental impact on fishing activities and their sources of water. 

The residents appealed to the government to help halt the activities of the company and had to resort to legal action against the dredging activities since nothing was done about their plight by the appropriate authorities.