Mehdiganj Grassroots Struggle
Mehdiganj Grassroots Struggle
Project Brief: Working with people's movement for increased local democracy, decision making and campaign to gain control of local water resources.
Project Type: Other (description)
Primary Focus: other (description)
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Austin
Project Type: Other (description)
Primary Focus: other (description)
Secondary Focus: other
Area: RuralSupporting Chapter Contact:
Austin
Status: UNKNOWN
Project Steward: Gaurav Agarwal
Project Partner(s): Nandlal Master
Project Address: Mehdiganj Grassroots Struggle
Lok Samiti
Mehdiganj, Uttar Pradesh 221311
Tel: 42-2632433
Stewarding Chapter: Austin
Project Steward: Gaurav Agarwal
Project Partner(s): Nandlal Master
Project Address: Mehdiganj Grassroots Struggle
Lok Samiti
Mehdiganj, Uttar Pradesh 221311
Tel: 42-2632433
Stewarding Chapter: Austin
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The community in Mehendigaj is facing a problem of decreased water availability. The Coca Cola plant in Mehendiganj has encroached upon the Panchayat land, evaded stamp duty and dumped harmful sludge in the fields. The people of Mehdiganj have been fighting for restoration of basic rights. This project involves working with the people's movement for increased local democracy, better decision making and their campaign to gain control of local water resources.
Detailed documentation of the struggle and all updates, petitions etc. are maintained at <a href="http://www.ashanet.org/austin/mehdiganj">http://www.ashanet.org/austin/mehdiganj</a>
Detailed documentation of the struggle and all updates, petitions etc. are maintained at <a href="http://www.ashanet.org/austin/mehdiganj">http://www.ashanet.org/austin/mehdiganj</a>
The current campaign demands that the Govt should fulfill the following:
1. Cancel the license of Coca Cola company
2. Prohibit Coca Cola company from its daily exploitation of 25 lac liters of ground water
3. Release the public land illegally occupied by the company from the village panchayat of Mehandiganj
4. Stop the pollution caused by the wastes of Coca Cola, and compensate the people of Mehandiganj for the losses of life and crops
5. Deposit the dwindled stamp duty of rupees three crores one and half lac into the treasury immediately
6. Take back all the fake cases into which Coca Cola has dragged our peaceful protesters, and its employees
1. Cancel the license of Coca Cola company
2. Prohibit Coca Cola company from its daily exploitation of 25 lac liters of ground water
3. Release the public land illegally occupied by the company from the village panchayat of Mehandiganj
4. Stop the pollution caused by the wastes of Coca Cola, and compensate the people of Mehandiganj for the losses of life and crops
5. Deposit the dwindled stamp duty of rupees three crores one and half lac into the treasury immediately
6. Take back all the fake cases into which Coca Cola has dragged our peaceful protesters, and its employees
Mehdiganj is a village in Uttar Pradesh, around 20 Km from the holy city of Varanasi. The communities in this village and in the surrounding areas have been fighting against the unjust practices of the local Coca Cola plant. The ground water level in the area has gone down due to the excessive mining of water by the local Coca Cola plant. The chemical waste let out by the plant into the nearby farms resulted large scale destruction of crops and soil has been damaged as well. The plant has also occupied the local panchayat land and has been found guilty of tax theft.
The people of Mehdiganj started an indefinite Dharna infront of the coke plant on 23 rd March 2006, under the leadership of <a href="http://www.ashanet.org/austin/mehdiganj/nandlal.html">Nandlal Master</a>.
The people of Mehdiganj started an indefinite Dharna infront of the coke plant on 23 rd March 2006, under the leadership of <a href="http://www.ashanet.org/austin/mehdiganj/nandlal.html">Nandlal Master</a>.