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Water hyacinth saves lives at an abandoned quarry in Chennai Metropolitan Area

TheOttiyambakkampanchayat had an harrowingly difficult time keeping people from swimming in the deadly quarry with its protruding rocks under the water. There had been many deaths. And then nature intervened, and the fatal accidents stopped. An invasive, floating weed that is a bane of water sources everywhere, the water hyacinth is not just tolerated in the quarry but welcomed

25 Mar 2026 11:15 am