Brandix India Apparel City (BIAC), the Indian arm of Brandix from Sri Lanka, is a 1,000 acre apparel park that is recognized as a Special Economic Zone by the government of India. BIAC was inaugurated in May 2010 and developed on ‘fibre to store' concept. |
| Name of conflict: | Brandix India Apparel City (BIAC), AP, India |
| Country: | India |
| State or province: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Location of conflict: | Pudimadaka Road, Atchutapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam, |
| Accuracy of location | HIGH (Local level) |
| Type of conflict. 1st level: | Industrial and Utilities conflicts |
| Type of conflict. 2nd level: | Landfills, toxic waste treatment, uncontrolled dump sites Land acquisition conflicts |
| Specific commodities: | Shrimps Chemical products Fish Water Cotton |
| Project details | Data from the BIAC official website [3]: |
| Project area: | 405 |
| Level of Investment for the conflictive project | 1,000,000,000 [1] |
| Type of population | Rural |
| Company names or state enterprises: | Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) from India Brandix India Apparel City (Pvt) Ltd. (BIAC) from India Brandix Lanka Limited from Sri Lanka |
| Relevant government actors: | Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) |
| Environmental justice organizations (and other supporters) and their websites, if available: | AP Fishers and Fisheries Workers' Union, Human Rights Forum (HRF) |
| Intensity | LOW (some local organising) |
| Reaction stage | Mobilization for reparations once impacts have been felt |
| Groups mobilizing: | Farmers Indigenous groups or traditional communities Ethnically/racially discriminated groups Fisher people |
| Forms of mobilization: | Blockades Development of a network/collective action Strikes Hunger strikes and self immolation Arguments for the rights of mother nature Appeals/recourse to economic valuation of the environment |
| Environmental Impacts | Visible: Biodiversity loss (wildlife, agro-diversity) Potential: Air pollution, Waste overflow, Surface water pollution / Decreasing water (physico-chemical, biological) quality, Groundwater pollution or depletion, Other Environmental impacts |
| Other Environmental impacts | exposure to various chemicals during the manufacturing of textiles |
| Health Impacts | Visible: Mental problems including stress, depression and suicide |
| Socio-economical Impacts | Visible: Displacement, Lack of work security, labour absenteeism, firings, unemployment, Loss of livelihood, Loss of traditional knowledge/practices/cultures, Specific impacts on women, Violations of human rights, Land dispossession, Loss of landscape/sense of place Potential: Social problems (alcoholism, prostitution, etc..) |
| Project Status | In operation |
| Conflict outcome / response: | Compensation Environmental improvements, rehabilitation/restoration of area Ongoing conflict |
| Proposal and development of alternatives: | Mobilizers have obtained a written promise from Brandix on providing jobs, taking up welfare activities, and setting up a committee with a time-frame for submitting its report. |
| Do you consider this an environmental justice success? Was environmental justice served?: | No |
| Briefly explain: | Brandix is still continuing to release waste into the ocean and fishermen are still protesting. |
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| Contributor: | contributed by the team of Walls and the Tiger documentary |
| Last update | 18/08/2019 |
| Conflict ID: | 1584 |