Sand mining quarry in Sadayame: An open tomb

Sand, gravel and laterite have been exploited for a while in an uncontrolled way in the canton of Hahotoe (Vo prefecture), an open tomb for the people. The report comes from the Martin Luther King Movement (Mmlk).

According to the Movement of Pastor Edoh Komi, most of the farmers identified as unscrupulous and mischievous businessmen abuse the rural, indigent and poor populations. In turn, forced to sell their land by selling it at low prices.

"Without or with operating permits sometimes outdated or out of scope, trampling under the principles of environmental management. These poachers and gravediggers of our environment invade the lands without guarantee of environmental impact study of which the populations are unfortunately victims. Reason why we remember, the government had decided to close these wild quarries, which unfortunately are still galloping, "deplores the Mmlk in a statement.

And to continue: "To the rank of these, is the career open to Sadayame in the canton of Hahotoe by the establishment SESAG. This exploitation could start because of the misery of the populations to which the company paid 200,000f as the price of a lot, which is comparable to an auction. If officially, this facility has a certificate of conformity for the operation of the site, officials have had to intimidate and threaten the owners before they can start the activities. As proof, those who refused to give in to these intrigues, saw their lands rendered useless today to have been surrounded by the plots already exploited and thus remained isolated in the quarry.

The National Agency for Environmental Management (ANGE), seized by the population, concluded on one visit that the operating permit could not allow the establishment to continue the work. She then formally recommended the cessation of all operating activities. Yet, according to the Mmlk, this ban seems to fall in deaf ears.

For the Movement, the current situation in this area is not far from destroying and devastating the environment and exposing people to erosion, scarcity of rain and other natural calamities.

"It is an open tomb since it is uncertain to backfill the site after its exploitation," he said.

Therefore, the Mmlk asks the Togolese authorities to intervene urgently to put an end to this environmental tragedy and that the offenders are punished according to the laws in force.

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