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Compassion wherever there is suffering. Conviction that the compassion is strong enough to eliminate suffering. Courage to make this conviction a reality. This is AID.

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The people of Mehdiganj have started an indefinite dharna in front of the Coke Plant from March 23, 2006.

Mehdiganj Dharna document

The reasons for protest are manifold.

1. Illegal Possession of Village Land
2. Coca Cola’s enormously Polluting Waste
3. Coca Cola’s unjust management against its Employees
4. Depletion of Ground Water by Coca Cola for Commercial purposes
5. The Shamefully Poor Response of the Government to these Problems

The dharna demands that the Govt should fulfill the following:

1. Cancel the license of Coca Cola company
2. Prohibit Coca Cola company from its daily exploitation of 25 lac liters of ground water
3. Release the public land illegally occupied by the company from the village panchayat of Mehandiganj
4. Stop the pollution caused by the wastes of Coca Cola, and compensate the people of Mehandiganj for the losses of life and crops
5. Deposit the dwindled stamp duty of rupees three crores one and half lac into the treasury immediately
6. Take back all the fake cases into which Coca Cola has dragged our peaceful protesters, and its employees

Updates from the Dharna

• Conversation with Nandlalji on May 19, 2006. He spoke to Kiran.
• The South Asian account of the first 50 days of the dharna.
• Conversation with Nandlalji on May 09, 2006. He spoke to Gaurav.
• Rajender Singh joins Coke Strike - article on The South Asian.`
• Conversation with Nandlalji on May 02, 2006. He spoke to Gaurav.
• Conference call with Nandlalji on April 28, 2006.
• Update from Nandlal on April 18, 2006. He spoke to Gaurav.
• Communication about newspaper reports on falling ground-water levels in the area.
• Update from Nandlal on April 16, 2006. He spoke to Sanjeev.
• Update from Nandlal on April 11, 2006. He spoke to Gaurav.
• Update from Nandlal on April 10, 2006. He spoke to Sanjeev
• Invitation, with fine print - article from The South Asian.
• Madhu's trip report when she went to help with the German team. - April 05 - 06, 2006
• Update from Nandlal on April 04, 2006. He spoke with Gaurav.
• The South Asian article on Mehdiganj dharna - Coke Too Big for Lower Courts and Other Stories
• First three days of Dharna. Nandlal spoke to Anitha and Sandhya.
• Sirish Agarwal's account and pictures of the first day of Dharna. - March 23, 2006
• Madhu's account of the Dharna preparation. Madhu was a former AID-Austin volunteer.