Tourism Pressures Malampuzha Drinking-Water Catchment, Group Warns
The organisation PROUD has warned that rising tourist activity is putting Malampuzha’s drinking-water source at risk. It says visitors enter the catchment area with food and liquor and leave plastic, food waste and broken bottles behind.
Increasing tourist activity is putting Malampuzha’s drinking-water source at risk, according to the organisation PROUD. The organisation says visitors are entering the catchment area while carrying food and liquor. It also reports that some visitors leave plastic, food waste and broken bottles behind.
PROUD’s warning links the visitor activity and discarded material to concerns about the area serving as a drinking-water source. The supplied material does not quantify the number of visitors or the volume of waste. It also does not identify any specific individuals or tourism operators as responsible.
No response from officials, visitors or other organisations was included in the report. The warning focuses on the effect of tourism-related litter and access on the catchment area. Further details about monitoring, restrictions or clean-up measures were not supplied.
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