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The Plachimada Coca-Cola struggle was a series of protests to close the Coca-Cola factory in the village of Plachimada, Palakkad District, Kerala, India in the early 2000s. Villagers noted that soon after the factory opened, their wells started to run dry and the available water turned contaminated and toxic. [1][2] Soon, waste from the factory ...
One of the first noted criticisms of Coca-Cola was that it produced serious mental and motor deficits. This resulted in Coca-Cola's first lawsuit and trial where the official charges were that Coca-Cola was adulterated and misbranded. The trial following the lawsuit, The United States Government v. Forty Barrels, Twenty Kegs Coca-Cola, started ...
Coca-Cola India launched the 5by20 initiative in 2010, which is the company’s global program to economically empower 5 million women entrepreneurs across six industries by 2020. Coca-Cola India and NDTV launched the Support My School initiative in association with the UN-Habitat , Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) in 2011.
Vandana Shiva (born 5 November 1952) is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author. [2] Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. [3] She is often referred to as "Gandhi of grain" for her activism associated with the anti-GMO movement.
He addressed a gathering of Plachimada villagers who were on a relay hunger strike against Coca-Cola's wanton over-drawing of groundwater and polluting water bodies. [43] He marched with villagers protesting against Coca-Cola and Pepsi's wanton overdrawing of groundwater at Kanjikode, near Palakkad on 29 August 2008. [44]
In 2017, Coca-Cola declared that it had no plans to restart bottling operations in Plachimada, Kerala. In 2019, the company’s Indian bottling entity, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited, proposed turning the plant into a center to train local farmers on the drip-irrigation technique, ultra-high density plantation.
A kilo of coca base could previously fetch up to approximately $975 in Narino, but would now go for around $240 if buyers could be found at all, Dickinson said, adding that local economies in coca ...
C. Saratchandran (1958–2010) (Sarat) was an Indian documentary filmmaker, based in Kerala, India. He was also a documentary activist, who managed to conduct hundreds of film screenings of documentaries and film classics in remote towns and villages in Kerala [1][2][3][4][5][6] Saratchandran was born on 16 February 1958.