Sludge Watch ==> Sewage farm runoff provokes protest - Kerala India

[Maureen Reilly]

Sludgewatch Admin:

Half a world away in India a hundreds of people protest runoff from a 'sewer 
farm'.  Sounds familiar doesn't it?

Sounds like stories coming out of  California - Virginia - rural Ontario, 
Pennsylvania, Florida......


www.hindu.com/2006/11/04/stories/2006110421290300.htm
Sewage pollution: protest staged
Special Correspondent   - The Hindu
Thiruvananthapuram: Hundreds of people in the Valiathura area on Friday 
staged a protest in front of the sewage farm at Muttathara after police 
prevented them from blocking a drainage channel carrying raw sewage into 
their colony.
Beemapally ward councillor Rashid, who addressed the protesters, said 30 
houses were flooded by sewage-contaminated water leaking through a hole in 
the boundary of the farm. "At least 450 households are exposed to the health 
hazards caused by the pollution," he said.
The residents tried to block the drain carrying sewage from the farm.
A scuffle broke out at the main gate of the farm when a police team blocked 
their entry. The situation was defused by the timely intervention of 
people's representatives and Cheriyathura Vicar Fr. Eugene Pereira.