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Stop drinking polluted water, says Aashiq Abu

The environment protection group

Save Periyar

has been trying to expose the pollution levels of the river Periyar for quite a while now. The nearby factories have been routinely emptying their affluents into the river, which provides drinking water for the entire

Kochi

city population.
Now, filmmaker Aashhiq Abu has pointed out the issue on his facebook page, with the message - Will you believe it if we say 52 lakhs of Kochiites drink water polluted by chemicals?

The filmmaker has also attached a few newspaper clippings which talk about the issue, including a photograph of an entire area of the river which has turned red with pollution.
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