With the groundwater in the area fully contaminated from the toxic industrial waste, the land has gone to waste and paddy fields have been deserted.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/toxic-industrial-waste-contaminates-water-poisons-lives-keralas-kollam-district
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/ndtv
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-waste
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-pollution
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxic-wastes
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kollam-d
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/respiratory-diseases
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cancer
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water