By: Diana Yaa Opokua The Ga West Municipal district road construction, thus, John Teye to Amasaman Road, is an important infrastructure for great economic development, yet its construction process poses negative effects on the environment leading to climate change. Although there are numerous factors contributing to climate change through construction, sand mining is an underrated factor that causes a threat to climate change. Roads, houses, boreholes construction, and the like depend heavily on sand, especially for filling purposes, a mixture of concrete, among others. The quality of mortar uses for such processes is dependent on it’s ability to bond and resist compression, and this also depends on sand. Therefore, the quest to mine the sand, trees, and vegetative covers is destroyed. Research shows that sand is the most consumed raw material after water, and it is an essential ingredient to our everyday lives. Also, the global use of sand is 10 times higher than...
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