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A survey of waterbodies in Ernakulam district under the aegis of the District Literacy Mission has found most waterbodies, including ponds and canals, polluted and unusable. The study said that ponds formed close to 50% of waterbody sources surveyed. Waterbodies in a total of 161 wards under various local bodies in the district were surveyed by literacy mission teams comprising a total of 2,182 members. They evaluated the condition of 161 ponds, 13 river stretches, 143 canals, and backwaters. The blocks and local bodies surveys included the Cochin Corporation and Kalamassery and Thripunithura municipalities.