{
  "id": 19291782,
  "title": "PURC urges chiefs to help fight galamsey polluting water bodies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/purc-urges-chiefs-to-help-fight-galamsey-polluting-water-bodies",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T05:17:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/purc-urges-chiefs-to-help-fight-galamsey-polluting-water-bodies/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dr Shafic Suleman, the Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has appealed to traditional authorities in Kyebi to urgently intervene to stop illegal mining activities polluting water bodies and threatening safe drinking water supplies. He said illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, near water catchment areas was degrading the environment and compromising…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}