Seismologists have warned that parts of the Weija Hill near the tollbooth are on the verge of collapsing.
According to them, human activities such as sand mining and rock blasting have impacted that part of the ridge, causing a landslide if there is severe rainfall or an earthquake in the vicinity.
During a JoyNews visit to the area, people discovered that they typically suffer tremors at night, which has caused tremendous terror and dread among them.
Principal Seismologist Nicholas Opoku hinted that the entire hill is unstable, especially the area closer to the tollbooth, in an interview with Maxwell Agbagba on the Joy In My Community program.
Other places have soft rocks, leaving the mountain particularly vulnerable to severe rains or an earthquake, he added.
"Because it is also an earthquake-prone zone, it has been subjected to previous shaking, resulting in numerous fissures in the rocks, which are actually weak." As a result, the area is more vulnerable to landslides.
"A landslide can occur even in the absence of gravity, and these landslides are frequently worsened by earthquakes." As a result, the probability of a landslide in the area has increased.
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