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OMJASVIN M D ByExpress News ServiceCHENNAI: Kosasthalaiyar river turned brown yet again after large amounts of effluent were discharged through one of the industrial outlet pipes near Kattukuppam village of Ennore on Saturday afternoon. Kattukuppam fishermen spotted the discharge at about 1 pm while returning from fishing. By 5 pm, the whole river, on which about 800 fisher families depend on, was covered. In May, Express had reported a similar incident of substances being discharge into the Kosasthalaiyar from the same source. ‘’We get down on the river to catch ‘Poochi’, but every time this discharge occurs, fishermen fear of getting into the water,’’ he said..