A special unit is to be established to patrol Ghana’s main waterways in order to monitor pollution and environmental degradation, Joy FM reported the Ministry of Works and Housing as saying. The patrols will be equipped with speedboats and helicopters as they monitor the Volta Lake and the Densu and Oti Rivers, the private radio station reported in its online edition. The unit would also monitor the activities of fishermen and farmers who pollute the waters by using improper techniques such as dynamite, Minister Kwamena Bartels said.
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