Though the government is committed to putting an end to galamsey across the country, the effects of the menace seems to be increasing as more water bodies get polluted, notable among them, being River Pra.
Recently, Adomonline.com's Gershon Mortey visited the Shama District in the Western Region where the River flows from Beposo to the estuary at Shama and captured how contaminated the river had become.
According to some local fishermen who live along the river, there had been a drastic decrease in fishes in the Pra River.
The locals lamented over the fact that though directives have been given out by President Akufo-Addo, the galamsey activities are still going on.
They, however, bemoaned that the river serves as a source of employment for them, hence the galamsey activities are rendering most of them jobless.
Aside employment, the river serves as a source of water for farms and domestic animals of residents in the region.
The colour of the Pra River, according to locals, has changed completely with many of them describing galamsey as the enemy of those residing in the community.
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