The destruction at Moree Beach is ironic in a worrisome and worrying way.
Some locals have even built a block factory along the beachfront and are selling tons of sea sand at Moree Beach.
On one area of the Moree beach, a worrying yet apparently successful sand-winning activity is taking place.
A few weeks ago, after tidal surges destroyed homes along Moree's beach, many people sympathized with some of the city's citizens.
A sizable sand-winning site next to the Moree settlement was discovered by media personnel shortly after the tragedy.
Over a considerable area of the seashore, there is a big site that resembles a "village" made up of enormous sea sand dunes.
Sand was carried to the coast by the participants in the sand drawing as they walked into the water.
When representatives of the Fisheries Commission, Hen Mpoano, a non-governmental organization in the fisheries sector, and the media arrived at the spot as part of a field trip to the beach, they immediately took to their heels.
One of them consented to talk after being persuaded to return.
Contractors
Maa Adjoa claimed that in order to survive, she hauled sea sand for sale.
She claimed to have sold a basin containing between GH3 and GH4 of sand.
She claimed that trike riders and, in some cases, truck drivers arrived to purchase sea sand for use by builders and contractors.
Ironically, 15 rooms were destroyed during the past three weeks by the water, uprooting a number of people just a few meters from the location where this is happening.
A few days later, the raging sea waves completely wrecked another house.
NADMO
Semaila Kabore, the district director for the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), claimed that sand-winning operations in some of the villages had made the problem worse.
In several neighboring settlements, notably Moree, the impact of the sea waves, according to him, has increased as a result of the construction of coastal defense barriers in Cape Coast and Anomabo.
The numerous sand piles near the coast made that glaringly clear. He urged participants to support initiatives to keep the environment safe.
EPA
Shine Fiagome, the EPA's Central Regional Director, stated that although the agency was aware of the destruction inflicted, there was nothing the organization could do.
He claimed that because the crimes were committed at night, it was challenging to make an arrest.
According to Mr. Fiagome, the EPA thought that environmental sensitization was essential to changing these behaviors and ensuring that the communities themselves enforced environmental laws.
He urged the traditional authorities, municipal authorities, and the police to become engaged in order to put an end to the practice, saying that the communities needed to grasp the serious consequences of the sand-winning activities.
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