micdotcom:Coca-Cola is bleeding Indian towns dry — and now the farmers are fighting backThey’ve laun
micdotcom:Coca-Cola is bleeding Indian towns dry — and now the farmers are fighting backThey’ve launched a successful mission to Mars, but India’s government still has a lot of work to do on a major domestic concern: managing the country’s dwindling groundwater resources. And there’ one clear party to blame.In the state of Uttar Pradesh, in northern Indian, farmers are decidedly unhappy with the neighboring Coca-Cola plant that’s been rapidly depleting the decade-old area wells. It’s been happening for years, but the impact on local resources is finally coming to a tipping point, and the farmers living in remote villages have decided to take action against the corporate giant.Bottle protest in the streets of Mumbai and New Dehli | Follow micdotcom -- source link