Want to document disputes relating to bottling of water in India- Kindly give us contact details of experts who could be of help

Share 1 Posted by Seetha on July 3, 2012 - 10:41

(Query received over email from H. T. Park)

Greetings from KBS TV of S. Korea!

KBS’s flagship current affairs program, “KBS SPECIAL” is planning a 60-minute documentary coverage on the dispute of bottling water like Coca-Cola dispute in Plachimada, Kerala and Mehdiganj, U.P. etc. KBS TV crew will come to India to document water disputes in the coming month. We are ready to come to India if we have the necessary information.

Kindly give us some information regarding the subject. The questions are as follows:

1.   Are there some places where the water dispute regarding bottling of water is still going on? Kindly inform us about the place and contacts. 
2.   Kindly inform us about experts who can give us an interview on this matter.
3.   I just signed in to your website. Kindly inform me how can I log in. How can I create a password?

KBS TV (Korean Broadcasting System TV) is the major public service broadcaster in S. Korea. KBS TV dominates Korean terrestrial television and radio channels providing a wide range of quality programs and free of political bias, commercial interests and social prejudices.

Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,

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Seetha Posted 11 months 3 weeks ago.

You can get in touch with the following people for more information about your query on water conflicts near bottled water plants.

1. Suniti SR, andolan.napm@gmail.com and Ulka Mahajan, ulkamahajan@rediffmail.com, both are with the NAPM (http://napm-india.org/), who have been involved in the conflicts at Plachimada, Mehdiganj and Thane.

2. KJ Joy, http://soppecom.org/contact.htm, who is with SOPPECOM. He coordinates the work of the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India (http://www.conflicts.indiawaterportal.org/node/11).

3. Shripad Dharmadhikary, http://www.manthan-india.org/spip.php?article13, who is with Manthan. They have been working extensively on issues of urban water, water privatisation etc.

4. Shree Padre, who is a journalist / editor with Adike Patrike (http://www.adikepatrike.com/index.php). He has written and worked extensively on the water issues of Kerala and Karnataka regions and has been involved in the Plachimada issue.

5. Nandlal Master, http://www.ashanet.org/austin/mehdiganj/nandlal.html, has been involved in the Mehdiganj issue.

In terms of resources / content, please get hold of this book http://www.conflicts.indiawaterportal.org/node/25?q=node/28 (available on Flipkart here http://www.flipkart.com/water-conflicts-india-0415424119/p/itmczz6ccatgj...), which provides a quick overview of water conflicts in India including several case studies.

Madhuraj, a journalist / photographer with a newspaper Matrubhumi, brought out this excellent book: http://waterplunder.blogspot.in/, that covered the Plachimada issue.

epw.in, downtoearth.org.in and of course indiawaterportal.org are some sites you can search for information on water conflicts and related keywords, for links to specific articles or news stories.

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