Kurutuku being devastated by mining pollution, Toshao warns

Solomon Lewis

Toshao of the Region Seven community of Kurutuku, Solomon Lewis says that an increase in mining since last year has created problems for the remote community and is appealing for demarcation of land to be done quickly, since the damage could cause the death of the village.

“Our water was being polluted, destroying our fishes because I would say at the present moment, the fish that we love to eat we can’t find that now. They kill the fishes, they kill the animals. We can’t get to use any water anywhere,” Lewis said at an AFC press conference on Wednesday. He said that pleas to the government