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Trash in Kerala

A once pristine village in south India falls victim to careless development. An overwhelmed trash facility means that mountains of smelly garbage from a nearby city have piled up.

India is developing fast and rising salaries bring more consumption, and much more trash. In south India, a village chosen as the site of a trash disposal facility has rebelled. As Meara Sharma reports, it refuses to accept any more garbage from a nearby city.

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