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Criminal contamination


May 16, 2012

Civic authorities in the city are scrambling to deal with contamination of drinking water in several pockets of the city. However, the pollution seems now to have struck at the source. Sewerage let into a lake in Perungudi on the sly, posing a serious threat to hundreds of residents. Photos: M. Karunakaran and Special Arrangement

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