Kerala residents try to save Periyar river, officials deny problems
Residents say the industries take in large amounts of freshwater from the Periyar and discharge concentrated wastewater with almost no treatment.
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Residents say the industries take in large amounts of freshwater from the Periyar and discharge concentrated wastewater with almost no treatment.
Eloor: Once it was an island of rich farmland on the Periyar River, 17 km from the Arabian Sea, teeming with fish. Now, a stench of putrid flesh permeates the air. Most of the fish are gone. Locals say people living near the river are hardly even having children anymore., In Focus News, Times Now
Eloor smells like it is dying. Once it was an island of rich farmland on the Periyar River, 17 kilometres from the Arabian Sea, teeming with fish. Now, a stench of putrid flesh permeates the air. Most of the fish are gone.
Dave Duggan says coming across a minke whale in the English Channel was "magical".
A climate reconstruction study has found links between warm or cold conditions in the Arctic and rainfall over the Indian subcontinent.