01194pab a2200181 454500008004000000100001600040245007700056260000900133300001600142362001100158520062800169650003300797650001600830773003400846909001000880999001700890952010500907180718b2006 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 a72011 c72011d72011 00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 41, Issue no: 41pAR72471r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR