{"id":5077,"date":"2024-09-07T01:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T01:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=5077"},"modified":"2024-09-07T01:13:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T01:13:00","slug":"enchi-asankragwa-teeters-on-edge-of-disaster-amid-rampant-galamsey-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=5077","title":{"rendered":"Enchi-Asankragwa Teeters on Edge of Disaster Amid Rampant Galamsey Operations&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/09\/18857054.295.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/09\/18857054.295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/09\/18857054.295-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/09\/18857054.295-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Enchi-Asankragwa road<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Enchi-Asankragwa road in the Western Region has been severely damaged by the activities of illegal miners in the area.<br><br>A video shared by Channel One TV on Friday, September 6, 2024, showed the single carriage 56-kilometre road in a deplorable state with portions caved and the concrete rods used as fenders broken apart.<br><br>The illegal mining activities have left holes underneath the road unfilled, causing significant damage and almost dividing it into two.<br><br>Reconstruction of the road began in 2008 at a cost of \u00a2152 billion during the Kufuor-led administration and was expected to last for fifteen years.<br><br>However, illegal mining activities have compromised the road, underscoring the need for urgent action to stop further destruction.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enchi-Asankragwa road The Enchi-Asankragwa road in the Western Region has been severely damaged by the activities of illegal miners in the area. A video shared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5079,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5077\/revisions\/5079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}