WIRE โ€” Without a proper treatment system, untreated wastewater from tourism establishments flows into a canal that feeds directly into the Periyar lake within the Mullaperiyar reservoir. Local body officials discovered that several businesses were discharging wastewater directly into culverts connected to the canal

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