The ban which has weighed since mid-March on all use of water from the Korsimoro dam following the suspicious death of fish, has been lifted, announced Tuesday, the Regional Director of the Agriculture, Animal and Fishery Resources of the Center-North, Ragnimsom Serge Igor Birba.The results of analysis of dead fish and water from the Korsimoro dam, in Sanmatenga, are reassuring according to the Regional Director of Agriculture, Animal and Fishery Resources of the Center-North, Ragnimsom Serge Igor Birba.The information was officially given on Tuesday April 2, 2024 to the regional bodies during the traditional raising of the colors.The precautionary measure of the special municipal delegation of Korsimoro, prohibiting all use of water from the dam and the consumption of vegetables after the suspicious death of fish in mid-March, is lifted.This is what we could deduce from the information provided by the regional director in charge of fisheries resources in the Center-North this Tuesday, April 2, 2024 i n Kaya.'There are no major difficulties compromising the health of the population,' declared Ragnimsom Serge Igor Birba.Speaking about the results of analysis of water, dead fish, food and mud, the regional director reveals: 'It emerged that the level of dissolved oxygen in the water from the dam is below the standard . 3 mg/l for a standard of 40 mg/l. »He hopes that this situation will be corrected with the arrival of the first rains. According to the regional director, fish farming and agricultural activities could resume without worry. However, he invites stakeholders to abandon prohibited practices around the dam which could poison the water from the dam to the detriment of animal health.As a reminder, it was the interim president of the special delegation of the commune of Korsimoro who raised the alarm through a public press release prohibiting any use of water from the dam after an observation of suspicious mortality of fish in floating cages and enclosures.967.5 kg of fish, or 2752 fish, ma inly Oreochromis niloticus commonly called carp (2747), were found dead in 2 cages and 2 enclosures of the dam between the period of March 12 to 14, 2024.From March 16, 2024, a joint investigation by the competent technical services made it possible to put forward hypotheses such as the infection of fish by pesticides used by market gardeners around the dam, the physico-chemical parameters of the water as the rise in temperature and finally the density of fish per cage and per enclosure.Source: Burkina Information Agency