Sea Erosion Fears Citizens In Buchanan

By Helroz Zorleh

Grand Bassa County Representative, Gabriel Smith has revealed that sea erosion is posing serious threat to the citizens of the port city of Buchanan .

Addressing reporters at his Capitol Building office recently, the Grand Bassa County District # 4 Representative said residents in the city are living in trepidation.

Smith said he is concerned about the lives of the people of Buchanan and called on the government and other international groups to immediately move in to halt the threat posed by the erosion.

Smith quoted the Ministry of Lands Mines and Energy as attributing the cause of the erosion to beach sand mining.

In a related development, Representative Smith has warned citizens of Grand Bassa County not to uproot the train rails.

He indicated that he has received information that scrap dealers are threatening the train track that links Buchanan to Yekepa.

Smith said the removal of the track is anti-developmental and pointed out that it undermines the progress government and Mittal Steel is trying to make.