Chittoor The Acid Village at Kollam where toxic waste pollute lives

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Acid Gramam | ആസിഡ് ഗ്രാമം • Panmana village of the Chavara block panchayat in Kerala's Kollam district • has been claimed by deadly chemicals which have spread in all its • wards-Ponmana, Mekkad and Chittoor. The toxic effluents from the • government-owned Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML) plant in Chavara • have had a free run ever since the factory was set up in 1984, when it • began dumping deadly waste into a patch of ground within its premises. • Today, that little toxic spot has spread to cover the entire village. The • iron-oxide sludge mixed with acid and heavy metals has been leaking from • the old effluent ponds, where it had been accumulating for decades, causing • cancer and skin diseases. The plant produces titanium dioxide from • ilmenite, a mineral abundantly present in the black sand of the region • known as the Chavara belt. The canals which once had crystal-clear water • are now overflowing with foaming waste. Domestic wells and ponds have been • run over by pale effluents. The vegetation has been nearly wiped out. • Panmana, once a green patch by the sea, is a picture of industrial • apocalypse. • Subscribe to #ManoramaOnline Youtube Channel : https://goo.gl/bii1Fe • Follow Manorama Online here: • Facebook : / manoramaonline • Twitter : / manoramaonline • Instagram : / manoramaonline • To Stay Updated, Download #ManoramaOnline Mobile Apps : http://bit.ly/2KOZrc8

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