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Court restrains water sale from Tamirabarani in Tamil Nadu [1]

The Tamirabarani river is a part of the ecological and cultural landscape, and traditions of the people of Tamil Nadu. Unfortunately, public resources like the river water are sold at throwaway prices to corporations, who in turn resell the water either in the form of packaged drinking water or as aerated beverages. The political economy of the river and the state’s industrial plans, require radical rethinking.

Publication Date: 
04/03/2017
S Rajendran [2], S Ramaswamy [3]
Economic and Political Weekly [4]
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9
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Tags:
Rivers [5], Tamil Nadu [6], Water Supply [7], High Court [8], Water Distribution [9], Tirunelveli (D) [10], Industry [11], PepsiCo [12], Coca Cola [13], Multinational Corporations (MNCs) [14], Public Interest Litigation (PIL) [15]
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