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Kerala villagers bring dead river back to life in 70 days
Rajeevan spent most of his life watching his favourite river die.
For two decades, the Kuttemperoor river in south Kerala’s Alappuzha district slowly choked under the weight of rampant illegal sand mining and construction sites that dumped tons of sewage on its once-pristine banks.
Fish and aquatic life were wiped out, and the once-gurgling river of Rajeevan’s childhood was reduced to a…