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Sand mining hits river tributaries in Kerala [1]

G.K. Nair

Aggressive human intervention, especially the indiscriminate sand mining in southern Kerala's major rivers, such as Pampa, Manimala and Achankoil, has driven almost all the tributaries of these rivers, which once used to facilitate agriculture activities and water transport in the region, to the verge of death.

Publication Date: 
07/05/2010
Business Line (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Mining [3], Rivers [4], Manimala [5], Pampa [6], Kerala [7], Business Line (New Delhi) [2]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/manimala
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pampa
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala