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08-20-2016, 04:40 AM
LUCK**W, India: Coca-Cola has temporarily halted operations at a bottling plant in **rthern India over alleged environmental violations, an ongoing controversy which has dogged its factories in the country.
The ********* giant told AFP it had voluntarily suspended manufacturing at its Dasna plant near New Delhi while the local environmental authority investigates.
Activists say the factory in Uttar Pradesh state contaminates groundwater meant for farmers and pollutes the soil, and that sewage is **t properly treated.
"We received a communication from Uttar Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) and submitted a detailed response," Hindustan Coca-Cola *********, which bottles drinks in India for the US giant, said in a statement Thursday.
"To show our commitment to compliance with regulatory **rms, we decided to temporarily suspend manufacturing at Dasna plant," it said.
Some 54 plants produce fizzy drinks in India for Coca-Cola, which has eyed expansion in the world’s second-most populous country where income levels are rising.
Amit Srivastava, who leads the India Resource Centre, an activist group that has targeted Coca-Cola for years, said the company’s action did **t go far e**ugh.
"This is **t really a victory because of all the pending issues such as the polluted groundwater and soil, as well as the loss of livelihood for the contract workers and farmers in the area," Srivastava said.
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The ********* giant told AFP it had voluntarily suspended manufacturing at its Dasna plant near New Delhi while the local environmental authority investigates.
Activists say the factory in Uttar Pradesh state contaminates groundwater meant for farmers and pollutes the soil, and that sewage is **t properly treated.
"We received a communication from Uttar Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) and submitted a detailed response," Hindustan Coca-Cola *********, which bottles drinks in India for the US giant, said in a statement Thursday.
"To show our commitment to compliance with regulatory **rms, we decided to temporarily suspend manufacturing at Dasna plant," it said.
Some 54 plants produce fizzy drinks in India for Coca-Cola, which has eyed expansion in the world’s second-most populous country where income levels are rising.
Amit Srivastava, who leads the India Resource Centre, an activist group that has targeted Coca-Cola for years, said the company’s action did **t go far e**ugh.
"This is **t really a victory because of all the pending issues such as the polluted groundwater and soil, as well as the loss of livelihood for the contract workers and farmers in the area," Srivastava said.
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