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Living dangerously

Photo: S. Gopakumar

Disfigured: A deep scar caused by soil-mining mars the verdant slopes of the Thiruvallam hills on the suburbs of Thiruvananthapuram. The relentless plunder of the hills has left the entire region on the verge of an environmental disaster.

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