On Thursday, the water treatment plant in Aluva near here suspended its operations for more than five hours during the early hours of the day after finding a considerable rise in salinity levels that had reached the magnitude of 1,700 p.p.m (particles per million).
A delay in constructing a temporary bund in Purappillykkavu near Paravoor to prevent the intrusion of salinity in the Periyar is po
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