Dust to dust

Wells have gone dry and dust forms a thick coat over nearly every surface in the once sylvan landscape of Uthiramerurin Kancheepuram; quarries and stone crushing units are slowly eroding quality of life and leaving the residents in a belt of 60 villages in distress. DeepaH. Ramakrishnanand Geetha Srimathirecord the tragic transformation of Uthiramerur