Among the new names, Varkala holds a particularly important scientific connection. A 9-kilometre crater on Mars has been named after the coastal town because Varkala’s cliffs contain jarosite, a mineral also commonly found on the Martian surface.
According to the complaint, construction at the ‘Sea Cliff Resorts' site on Varkala's SouthCliff breached critical safety buffers ... Environmentalists have long sounded the alarm about unregulated construction at Varkala.