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Land of surplus water resources

— Photo: K. K. Mustafah

preserving nature’s beauty: A scenic beauty at dawn of a river near Kanhangad in Kasaragod district, Kerala. Local people are also seen engaged in sand-mining. Blessed with a copious annual rainfall (3000 mm), large number of rivers, chains of backwater bodies and number of ponds and water tanks, the State is considered as a land of surplus water resources. However, indiscriminate sand-mining and use of water and lack of proper management of resources have contaminated both surface and groundwater, paving way for acute water shortage.

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