A proposal by South India Bottling Company Private Limited (SIBCL) - a Coca-Cola franchisee - to set up a Rs. 280 million (US$ 6,500,000) soft-drinks unit...in southern Tamil Nadu has run into trouble. Many local residents, political parties and environmentalists have raised concerns that the water-intensive plant will deplete and contaminate groundwater, and draw from Tamiraparani river that cannot fully meet even drinking water and agricultural needs of local communities...Company spokespersons...say that if the company runs into trouble here, other investors will refuse to set up in Gangaikondan.