Cameroon Town’s Residents Say Chinese-Run Quarry Damaging Their Homes

Reports of adverse social, environmental effects related to Chinese operations follow a trend, experts say

A road under construction with ballast stone from a quarry set up by a Chinese state-owned company. Residents of Yoko—the town near which the quarry is set up—report that their homes is being damaged due to vibrations caused by the quarry. Amindeh Blaise Atabong for The Epoch Times

YAOUNDE, Cameroon—Residents of a town in Cameroon are complaining about damage to their homes caused by a nearby quarry that was created by a state-owned Chinese company.

Chinese-owned Sinohydro, which has been commissioned to build part of a 235-mile road in central Cameroon, is using a quarry located close to the town of Yoko to mine ballast stones for paving the road. Residents say that vibrations from the quarry are damaging their homes and practically driving them out.