Tucked away in the far corner of India is a Chemical Factory owned by Tata, pumping filth into the air and pouring hot waste into the sea.
Tata have their own town nearby, in the vein of 19th-Century western industrialists, which means little information gets out.
The water tanks are polluted, the grass the cows eat is tainted, and the roads are coated with filth.
The plant ostensibly produces soda ash and cement, with by-products and effluence that are not inherently dangerous, but in their quantities and methods of disposal, have destroyed the agriculture - the vast salty slurry pans have effectively poisoned the land and made the ground water undrinkable. Inadequate waste disposal and leakage are slowly destroying the region.
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