A Satish
PALAKKAD: Indiscriminate sand mining has been the bane of the Bharathapuzha.
But, now a new trend has been spreading like cancer in the rural areas of Palakkad. The plummeting prices of coconuts and the lucrative returns from illegal sand mining vis-a-vis tapping of coconut palms have seen farmers cut down coconut palms and indulge in sand mining.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/coconut-trees-axed-sand-palmed
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-kochi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coconut
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/palakkad-d
