A 32-year-old housewife, N. Lakshmi, from Tadi village, located adjacent to the Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City (JNPC) industrial park, despondently wipes off the black sooty dust formed on the utensils she just washed and kept in the backyard to dry.
This is a regular scene here, she adds, reminiscing the good old days when the village air was pure, and the backyards were full of lush green vegetable plants.
The village lands, nourished by the abundant supply of Godavari river waters through the Yeluru Canal, once produced vegetables like tomato, okra, ridge guard and bottle guard, which were in high demand in Visakhapatnam.
