Mexico tourist train an environmental 'nightmare,' activists say
05-05-2024 11:49 via timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Mexico tourist train an environmental 'nightmare,' activists say

In a cave in Mexico's Riviera Maya, where nature has sculpted a subterranean landscape of stunning beauty, thick steel columns supporting a controversial new tourist railway intrude into a delicate ecosystem. - Clean-up promised - Despite Lopez Obrador's assurances, concrete has leaked out of the steel columns and contaminated the cenote water, according to environmentalists.
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