Residents suspect industrial pollution as Cauvery water turns green in parts of Erode district

ERODE The Cauvery water has turned green in several areas of Ammapettai, Nerinjipettai and Kuthiraikalmedu in Erode district, causing concern among residents and farmers, who suspect that industrial effluents discharged upstream have contaminated the river.

After being released from the Mettur Dam, the Cauvery enters Erode district at Nerinjipettai and flows for 84 km through Ammapettai, Bhavani, Karungalpalayam in Erode city and Kodumudi before entering crossing into Karur district.

Troubled waters: sewage and effluents sink the Cauvery in Tamil Nadu Troubled waters: sewage and effluents sink the Cauvery in Tamil Nadu The Cauvery, which rises in the Western Ghats of Kodagu and flows through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu before meeting the Bay of Bengal, sustains millions of people and is home to South India’s oldest agrarian delta.