By Pastor Mohamed Sesay
As the country's environmentalists' attention is turned to Freetown as the main sand mining hub in the country, Lungi is being prepared for a mighty disaster by sand miners.
With the destructive way that sand is being mined on the beaches of Lungi town, especially the Mahera area, it is only a matter of time before a very flood causes massive destruction for those who have built close to the beach area and beyond.
When reporters from the Comment newspaper went to investigate sand mining at Lungi, they found trucks in large numbers transporting sand from the beaches with impunity.
The truck drivers and their apprentices told the reporters that the Paramount Chief had permitted them to mine up to a hundred meters from the sea level.
Comment newspaper reporters found the water from the sea having moved over 150 meters from the sea level and causing destruction upstream.
Concrete fencing was found to have been destroyed by water and the water is moving very fast toward the land area.
The reporters found rubbish from the sea in unexpected places as the sea water claimed new territory because of sand mining.
There were found deep into the land area soft spots which is now like quicksand that can swallow whole adults.
Sand mining has completely killed tourism in the Lungi area as the beach itself is filled with debris from the sea with no sand again to sit on.
Upon investigation, it was found that most of the trucks carting sand away from the beach, belong to the PC and other town and village chiefs who have made sand mining big business regardless of its destructive nature of the environment.
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