TY - ECHAP
AU - Benjamin Larroquette
AU - Gaspard Appavou
AB - Pandasozhanallur village is situated approximately 20 km south-west of Pondicherry town. It is one of the main suppliers of rice and other produce to Pondicherry. In 1998, Berger Paints set up a production plant in the village. The land was bought legally from a local farmer and all authorisations were granted by the Pondicherry Pollution Control Board (PPCB). There have been complaints from agricultural landowners that the paint factory has been releasing untreated waste directly into the aquifer, polluting the water used for irrigation and drinking purposes. Berger Paints maintains that it has kept its promise and that it has complied with PPCB norms. The farmers believe that Berger Paints is pumping waste directly into borewells without treating it. Their demand is that this should be stopped at once. No evidence of pollution has been seen in the various rounds of water testing that have taken place so far.
BT - Water Conflicts in India: A Million Revolts in the Making (ed) K J Joy; Gujja, B; Paranjape, S; Goud, V; and Vispute, S.
CY - New Delhi
DA - 2008
N2 - Pandasozhanallur village is situated approximately 20 km south-west of Pondicherry town. It is one of the main suppliers of rice and other produce to Pondicherry. In 1998, Berger Paints set up a production plant in the village. The land was bought legally from a local farmer and all authorisations were granted by the Pondicherry Pollution Control Board (PPCB). There have been complaints from agricultural landowners that the paint factory has been releasing untreated waste directly into the aquifer, polluting the water used for irrigation and drinking purposes. Berger Paints maintains that it has kept its promise and that it has complied with PPCB norms. The farmers believe that Berger Paints is pumping waste directly into borewells without treating it. Their demand is that this should be stopped at once. No evidence of pollution has been seen in the various rounds of water testing that have taken place so far.
PB - Routledege
PP - New Delhi
PY - 2008
SP - 168
EP - 170
EP - 
T2 - Water Conflicts in India: A Million Revolts in the Making (ed) K J Joy; Gujja, B; Paranjape, S; Goud, V; and Vispute, S.
TI - A Factory in a Paddy Field in Pondicherry: Is Berger Paints Polluting Pandasozhanallur?
ER -