Asutsuare Framers Worry Over Contaminated Water

Community farmers at Asutsuare in the Shai Osudoku district in Greater Accra, have expressed concern over the state of water in the area in establishment of the veracity or otherwise for betterment devoid of contamination.

According to the farmers, they suspect the water they are using on their farms had been polluted by chemicals and waste materials allegedly discharged into the water by a manufacturing company operating in the community.

The reports further revealed, some farmlands in the area last week recorded a number of dead fish in a section of the drains through which water flowed into the Volta Lake.

According to the residents, there were also some foamy substances in the water that were drifting downstream into the Lomey River and the Volta Lake.

Mr.Patrick Ansah Zoiku, a farmer, said the hitherto clean water which the indigenes used for farming and bathing now smelled of chemicals used by the manufacturing firm, Shinefeel Ghana Company, which produces toilet rolls, egg crates, paint, plastic products, and roofing sheets.

He said the farmers in the area could no longer depend on the water for their farming activities since it could be dangerous applying it on crops.

According to a resident, Mr. Dauda Tetteh, the company continued to discharge waste materials into the Lome River, which also serves as a source of drinking water for some people downstream despite numerous complaints by the people.

“We have complained to the managers of the factory over the matter but all our pleas have gone unattended to. We, the youth of the area, are fed up and want to call on the company to find alternative ways of discharging its waste,” he said.