Government is set to clamp down on galamsey operations as a measure to restore water bodies in the country, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation announced on Monday. He said as part of plans to clamp down on illegal mining, the government would ban the dredging of water bodies and rivers which were usually carried out by illegal miners to allow the water bodies to contain the volume of water it was supposed to, even in the raining seasons.