Jimi reclamation: Otumfuo warns galamsey could endanger health, future generations

The rehabilitation process involves backfilling abandoned mining pits and gullies, reshaping degraded land, managing soil contamination, installing drainage and erosion-control structures, restoring topsoil health and planting kenaf.

The royal formed part of efforts to rehabilitate lands degraded by unregulated small-scale mining and protect the Jimi Dam, a critical source of drinking water for communities across the Adanse Traditional Area.

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has warned of the potential health consequences of illegal mining, cautioning that the destruction of water bodies could endanger human life and future generations.