The beverage giant Coca-Cola has temporarily halted operations at a bottling plant in northern India over alleged environmental violations, an ongoing controversy which has dogged its factories in the country.
The company said 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 not properly treated.
‘We received a communication from Uttar Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) and submitted a detailed response,’ Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, which bottles drinks in India for the US giant, said in a statement on Thursday (August 18).
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