Location

India, Mundra

A new coal-to-polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant is slated to be built in an industrial zone where the heavy use of coal has already greatly damaged the local environment.

Overview

India, Mundra

Mundra has three large coal based thermal power plants and a port for handling imported coal installed in the area. Over the last decade, the industrial activity has led to the warming of the sea and creek water, resulting in the migration of the fish population, and the subsequent loss of livelihood for the fishing community. The salinity of groundwater has also increased (due to the unlined cooling water channels of the power plants), and the air, water and land have been polluted, due to both coal and fly ash, a byproduct of coal-fired electric generating plants. Adani Group plans to further build a 2m tonne/year coal-to-polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant at this location. The input coal is proposed to be imported from Australia and Russia.
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Community Stories

India, Mundra
Grazing Land
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Navinal resident
Gajendra Singh Jadeja
Shows where the grazing land of the community and the inter-tidal zone used to be, and describes the industrial build out of this sea facing area.
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General Secretary of Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan
Bharat Patel
Shows where the grazing land of the community and the inter-tidal zone used to be, and describes the industrial build out of this sea facing area.
India, Mundra
Dune
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Resident of the Siracha village in Mundra Tehsil
Pravin C. Chauhan
Shows where the grazing land of the community and the inter-tidal zone used to be, and describes the industrial build out of this sea facing area.
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Effects on the Community
Community members now only have limited access to the temple on top of the sand dune. This fenced road was constructed so that the community can only access the temple and no other part of the vast expanse of the inter-tidal zone, which has been handed over to Adani.
India, Mundra
Sea Water
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Navinal resident
Gajendra Singh Jadeja
Shows the hot water discharge that is used by the Tata power plant, and how it negatively impacts marine life.
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Seasonal fishing settlement by the sea.

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This footage will be used as a record by local groups, in order to evaluate the further deterioration of the environment at this site, as the coal-to-polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant is slated for construction.