- Over 80-lakh litres of potassium-laced poisonous water enters fields
- Villagers complain of breathlessness, allergy and severe cough
Mandya: Shimsha River, the lifeline of Maddur, Malavalli and surrounding area in Mandya district, is polluted as over 80-lakh litres of potassium-laced poisonous water has spilled into fertile fields from the NSL Sugar Factory where a boiler exploded on Nov. 20. The polluted water has collected in thousands of acres of paddy, ragi and sugarcane fields in over 17 villages, affecting over 30,000 people.
