GAUREWADA, Jan. 9 -- AUGUSTO RODRIGUES

Tourists and locals in Mor jim were in for a shock on Sunday morning when a JCB dug a one-metre-deep trench across the beach, re leasing sewage directly into the sea and forcing many foreigners to abandon their daily swim. "I have been coming here for years to swim and it was disgusting to see sewage flowing through a trench dug this morning. How does the government expect us to swim with filth all around?" asked French actor Mari anne Borgo. "The entire place is dirty now. Apart from sewage floating in the water, empty plastic bottles are strewn all over the beach and even trees are being cut," Borgo lamented. Several tourists lounging on sunbeds ech oed her concerns, saying that by allowing sewage...