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Adam Kutty stands on the bank of the Periyar River with smokestacks in the distance in Eloor, Kerala state, India, Friday, March 3, 2023. Many of the petrochemical nearby produce pesticides, rare earth elements, rubber processing chemicals, fertilizers, zinc-chrome products and leather treatments. (AP Photo)

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India residents try to save a river, officials deny problems
By ROHIT THAYYIL AND MOJUDAN GADHAVI, PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Mon,04/10/23-9:29PM , 43 Reads
KOCHI, India (AP) — Eloor smells like it is dying.

Once it was an island of rich farmland on the Periyar River, 17 km (10.5 miles) 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.
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