Representatives of the Plachimada Solidarity Committee and the Anti Coca-Cola Struggle Committee on Tuesday submitted a petition to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) urging the immediate closure of the Plachimada plant of Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Private Ltd (HCCBPL). [The activists alleged] that the pollution and excessive extraction of ground water caused by the HCCBPL bottling plant at Plachimada constituted a clear case of deprivation of the right to safe drinking water and the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution...