The issue revolved around a bottling plant in Plachimada, the company was obliged to get the locally elected village council’s go-ahead to exploit groundwater and other resources. Coke’s plant was closed until the corporation won a court ruling allowing them to reopen. According to one source, more than 20 campuses banned Coca-Cola products, and hundreds of people in the United States called on Coca-Cola to close its bottling plants because the plants drain water from communities throughout India.