India residents try to save a river, officials deny problems
Eloor, a small island on the Periyar River in southern India, used to have rich farmland and be teeming with fish.
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Eloor, a small island on the Periyar River in southern India, used to have rich farmland and be teeming with fish.
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Eloor, a small island on the Periyar River in southern India, used to have rich farmland and be teeming with fish. Now, a stench of putrid flesh permeates the air and most of the fish are gone. Residents say that is because of some 300 chemical companies operating in the area. The state Pollution Control Board has downplayed the industrial pollution in the Periyar River, blaming it on sewage from homes, commercial institutions and markets upstream. But residents, who long ago stopped eating the fish, say there is no doubt about the cause of the pollution and are trying to get authorities to cr...
Residents say the industries take in large amounts of freshwater from the Periyar and discharge concentrated wastewater with almost no treatment.
Residents say the industries take in large amounts of freshwater from the Periyar and discharge concentrated wastewater with almost no treatment.