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India
Protest against Coca-Cola in India
More than three hundred people including women from plachimada took part in the Dharna. Protesters demanded criminal proceedings against coca cola company under laws such as I) Environmental protection act1986,2) pollution control act3) the water (prevention control act 1974, 1988,4) hazardous waste (management and control) RULES1989 AND 2003 5), relevant sections of IPC FOR following reasons: Excessive extraction of ground water , dumping of toxic waste to the land--consequent depletion and poisoning of water, poisoning of land, destruction of agriculture, damage to livelihood resources, health ,property, and economy-denial of justice, polluting ground water as well as the water in the aquifers with deadly hazardous metals well beyond permissible limits...
India finds pesticides in colas
Indian MPs have upheld the findings of an environment group which reported that Coca-Cola and Pepsi drinks contained pesticide residues.
Communities Reject Coca-Cola in India
Coca-Cola is in trouble in India. Ever since the first allegations arose in Kerala, India, of water scarcity and polluted water resulting from its bottling operations, Coca-Cola's public relations department has churned out denials, insisting that the charges are false and that it is the "target of a handful of extremist protesters."
Villagers Blame Coca Cola for Water Woes in Thane
Villagers around the Coca Cola plant in Wada taluka in Thane district are thirsting for water. Many blame the plant for grabbing water at the expense of villagers.
Coca-Cola water ban
Soft-drinks giant Coca-Cola says it is unfortunate it has been banned from using ground water for one of its bottling plants in southern India.
The Kerala state government says the four-month ban is necessary because of a severe drought in the area.
Disinfecting Water
One of the world's most serious health problems is the lack of safe drinking water in developing countries. By some estimates, up to two billion people cannot get clean water. Diarrhea, cholera, hepatitis, and other diseases caused by contaminated water kill some five million people a year, including three million children. Many times that number get sick, and the growth of 60 million children is stunted because of recurring diarrhea and other illnesses.
Big
players keen to get into bottled water
Nestle India is the latest to enter this market with the launch
of its brand `Pure Life' in New Delhi last week. It plans to grab
a 50 per cent market share in the next two years and emerge as
a strong player. The company has not ruled out acquiring existing
brands. The product will be available in other cities as well
soon.
Coke
told to stop using groundwater
In a major blow to soft drink major Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages
Ltd, Kerala high court on Tuesday directed the company to stop
drawing groundwater for use in its bottling plant at Plachimedu
in Palakaad district by January 16, 2004. Controversy has dogged
the plant following reports that toxic elements, including cadimum
and lead, had been found in the sludge supplied as manure to farmers
in the area.
Bottled
Water Firms Lose Licenses
The Indian government Wednesday withdrew the licenses of eight
bottled water units following reports there were massive doses
of pesticides and other chemical contaminants in their products.
India’s
Water Wars
Srinand Jha, AlterNet
As multinational corporations mine India’s precious water
resources, citizens’ groups organize to fight water privatization.
India's
Water Wars
As multinational corporations mine India's precious water resources,
citizens' groups organize to fight water privatization.
Water
War Warning As Tension Escalates in Kashmir
A potential crisis over water is more dangerous than the struggle
over the disputed territory of Kashmir because Pakistan has stated
that it would be prepared to use nuclear weapons over the issue,
Sundeep Waslekar, director of the Mumbai-based International Center
for Peace Initiatives, told a seminar in London Monday.
Scarcity
and Conflicts are Escalating
India has a long history of community control over water resources.
For many years the British colonial power tried to break the traditional
community control – and today India, as many developing nations,
is experiencing pressure to privatize public services, such as
water. But the Indian people have risen to the occasion and are
proposing development models that include equal rights to resources.
1991-present.
Violence erupts when Karnataka rejects an Interim Order handed
down by the Cauvery Waters Tribunal, empaneled by the Indian Supreme
Court. The Tribunal was established in 1990 to settle two decades
of dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over irrigation rights
to the Cauvery River.
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