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Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, the largest bottler of Coca-Cola India, has stopped production at its bottling plant in Kaladera, Jaipur. Hindustan Coca-Cola is part of the company’s Bottling Investments Group (BIG) that packages, sells and distributes non-alcoholic, ready-to-drink beverages.
“While we have currently suspended manufacturing, we are continuing with all other operations at Kaladera,” said a press statement issued on Thursday.
A study of some of Coca-Cola bottling plants in India by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in 2008 had recommended closure of the Kaladera plants because its operations “would continue to be one of the contributors to a worsening water situation and a source of stress to the communities around.”
Campaigners against the Coca-Cola plant welcomed the move to stop production.
“We have campaigned for shutting the plant and we welcome the closure,” said Mahesh Yogi of the Kala Dera Sangharsh Samiti, a local group that has led the campaign. “However, Coca-Cola must also be held accountable for the damages it has caused to the farmers, to the watershed and to the community,” he added.
Rameshwar Kudi, a retired government official who led the local campaign to shut the Dera Jan Sangharsh Samiti plant, welcomed the plant closure but remained concerned about who will be held responsible for the loss of earnings for thousands of farmers in the area who were unable to farm successfully as the groundwater levels dropped sharply.
Coca-Cola bottling unit stops production in Jaipur - Livemint
“While we have currently suspended manufacturing, we are continuing with all other operations at Kaladera,” said a press statement issued on Thursday.
A study of some of Coca-Cola bottling plants in India by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in 2008 had recommended closure of the Kaladera plants because its operations “would continue to be one of the contributors to a worsening water situation and a source of stress to the communities around.”
Campaigners against the Coca-Cola plant welcomed the move to stop production.
“We have campaigned for shutting the plant and we welcome the closure,” said Mahesh Yogi of the Kala Dera Sangharsh Samiti, a local group that has led the campaign. “However, Coca-Cola must also be held accountable for the damages it has caused to the farmers, to the watershed and to the community,” he added.
Rameshwar Kudi, a retired government official who led the local campaign to shut the Dera Jan Sangharsh Samiti plant, welcomed the plant closure but remained concerned about who will be held responsible for the loss of earnings for thousands of farmers in the area who were unable to farm successfully as the groundwater levels dropped sharply.
Coca-Cola bottling unit stops production in Jaipur - Livemint
