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Article: India Coke Plant Can't Use Local Water
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- December 16, 2003
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V.M. THOMAS, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
12-16-2003
Dateline: COCHIN, India
The top court in a southern Indian state on Tuesday ordered a Coca-Cola plant to stop using local groundwater after village officials complained that the American soft drink giant was depleting scarce supplies.
Judge K. Balakrishnan Nair of the High Court in Kerala state gave Coca-Cola officials one month to stop using groundwater at the plant in Plachimada village and arrange to get water through other sources.
The Perumatty village council, which controls several villages including Plachimada, had alleged that the plant was quickly depleting local water levels by drawing 400,000 ...