PURC urges chiefs to help fight galamsey polluting water bodies
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Dr Shafic Suleman, the Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has appealed to traditional authorities in Kyebi to urgently intervene to stop illegal mining activities polluting water bodies and threatening safe drinking water supplies. He said illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, near water catchment areas was degrading the environment and compromising…
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same PURC appeal to Kyebi chiefs about galamsey pollution of water sources, with consistent details.
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