01026pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001600040245007700056260000900133300001600142362001100158520062800169650003300797650001600830773003400846180718b2006   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBijoy, C.R.  aKerala's Plachimada struggle: a narrative on water and governance rights  c2006  ap.4332-339.  a14 Oct  aThe struggle in Plachimada, Kerala, against Coca-Cola not only raises issues of mindless destruction of groundwater by a multinational company, but also exposes the gross inadequacies in the laws of governance and the rights to water. it also exposes the inability of political democracy, as we know it, to address weaknesses in law and governance. The state government meekly surrendered the opportunity that the struggle bestowed at the altar of the judiciary, rather than take advantage of it for bold political decision-making. The Plachimada struggle calls for the recovery of the commons by communities. - Reproduced.  aGroundwater - India - Kerala  aGroundwater  aEconomic and Political Weekly