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Heap of trouble

– K.K. Mustafah

Sand kept for sale on a river bank in Alappuzha, Kerala. High demand for river sand following a construction boom in the State has led to indiscriminate sand mining. Deepening of the riverbed has resulted in depletion of groundwater and drying up of ponds and wells in several districts.

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