Editing Tata Group (section)

===Proposed soda extraction plant in Tanzania===
In 2007, Tata Group joined forces with a Tanzanian company to build a [[soda ash]] extraction plant in Tanzania.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|title=Dar annoys neighbours over $400m soda ash project|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/256646/-/t682syz/-/index.html|work=[[The East African]]|publisher=[[Nation Media Group]]|date=5 November 2007|access-date=21 June 2009|archive-date=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630001816/http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/256646/-/t682syz/-/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Environmental activists oppose the plant because it would be near [[Lake Natron]], and it has a very high chance of affecting the lake's ecosystem and its neighbouring dwellers,<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite news|first=Patty|last=Magubira|title=Tanzania: UK Activists Pile Pressure Against Soda Ash Project|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200805160426.html|work=The Citizen|location=Dar es Salaam|publisher=[[AllAfrica.com]]|date=16 May 2008|access-date=21 June 2009|archive-date=8 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808121015/http://www.allafrica.com/stories/200805160426.html|url-status=live}}</ref> jeopardising endangered [[lesser flamingo]] birds. Lake Natron is where two-thirds of lesser flamingos reproduce.<ref>{{cite news|first=Maulik|last=Pathak|title=Tata Chemicals' African safari hits green hurdle|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Chem__Fertilisers/Tata_Chemicals_African_safari_hits_green_hurdle/articleshow/2504026.cms|work=The Economic Times|location=India|date=31 October 2007|access-date=21 June 2009|archive-date=12 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112215502/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Chem__Fertilisers/Tata_Chemicals_African_safari_hits_green_hurdle/articleshow/2504026.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Producing soda ash involves drawing out salt water from the lake, and then disposing the water back to the lake. This process could interrupt the chemical makeup of the lake.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> 22 African nations signed a petition to stop its construction.<ref name="autogenerated1" />