{"id":96765,"date":"2025-10-02T19:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=96765"},"modified":"2025-10-02T19:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:13:12","slug":"galamsey-hampering-electricity-transmission-adomako-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=96765","title":{"rendered":"Galamsey hampering electricity transmission \u2013 Adomako-Mensah"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Deputy Ranking Member of Parliament\u2019s Energy Committee, Collins Adomako-Mensah, has warned that illegal mining activities popularly known as galamsey along the Black Volta River are threatening not only water bodies but also the country\u2019s electricity generation and transmission.<\/p>\n

His concerns follow reports that the Bole District Security Council (DISEC) in the Savannah Region has mounted a manhunt for about 15 illegal miners who were found operating deep in the middle of the Black Volta River at Babator in the Bole District.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview on Joy FM\u2019s Top Story <\/strong>on Thursday, October 2, Mr. Adomako-Mensah explained that the impact of galamsey on the Black Volta is particularly worrying because of its connection to the Bui Dam.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDon\u2019t forget that where Bole is located is close to Banda and Bui. So I was not surprised when the DCE indicated that some galamsey activities are going on. They told us at Bui that they are facing this challenge. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs we speak now, galamsey is not only affecting water bodies, it is having a very heavy toll on electricity transmission. If we are not careful, we may get to a point where we may be experiencing dumsor, not because of financial reasons but mainly because of galamsey,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He explained that Bui Dam relies on water from the Black Volta, and changes in the river\u2019s turbidity and flow due to illegal mining are affecting electricity production.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBui takes its water source from the Black Volta. It is the speed of the water that helps the turbines to turn in order to produce electricity. Now we are having a situation where even the colour of the water is changing. The turbidity of the water also affects the turbines. They have to treat the water, which is very expensive for them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Adomako-Mensah also highlighted the broader implications, including the potential impact on Bui Power\u2019s floating solar project, the first of its kind in West Africa.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you have a situation where galamsey is polluting the water, solar energy could also be affected since the panels float on the water. This is a big challenge,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\"GalamseyDeputy Ranking Member of Parliament\u2019s Energy Committee, Collins Adomako-Mensah, has warned that illegal mining activities popularly known as galamsey along the Black Volta River are threatening not only water bodies but also the country\u2019s electricity generation and transmission.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[848,9751,2935,196,1883,117,10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bole","category-collins-adomako-mensah","category-electricity","category-galamsey","category-national","category-news","category-politics","category-popular"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}