Residents of Agbeve unhappy over dredging activities on Volta River

Residents of Agbeve, a fishing community in the South Tongu District, have expressed their displeasure over the dredging activities of a foreign vessel on the River Volta.

A visit to the community revealed that the dredging activities of the vessel have muddied the water, adversely affecting the operations of the water plant system constructed by community members.

The residents say the water plant system, which has significantly reduced cases of water-borne disease in the area, has since been rendered redundant following the heavy pollution of the river by the dredging vessel.

They expressed grave concern about the effects of the dredging activities on their local economy should it continue.

They believe they will be able to do a much better job, within standard best environmental practices as against the activities of the foreign vessel which is ‘destroying’ their only water source.

Concerning the dredging activities, the residents stated that if indeed the river needs to be dredged, they are willing to carry out that activity themselves with the help of internally and some externally generated funds.

The residents are, thus, calling on government to immediately halt the activities of the foreign vessel or else they will take matters into their own hands.