Residents of Akim Akwaboso in the Atiwa District have expressed worry about activities of illegal miners in the area.
Speaking to GNA at Akwaboso, the Unit Committee Vice- Chairman, Mr Charles Afforo Appiah, said the illegal miners among other things were
polluting their sources of water and degrading the environment.
He said their main source of drinking water is the River Birim but is always polluted by the illegal miners.
Mr Aforo appealed to the assembly to come to their aid by providing them with bore holes.
The community appealed to the district assembly to have the River Birim dredged to enable boat owners to ferry farmers to marketing centres to sell their farm produce.