This iconic Campa Cola factory, which lends its name to the area around it, will soon be history. The operations at the factory stopped in 2001 although Campa continues to be manufactured by franchisees in Haryana for the rural markets. A reputed builder has bought all the factories around here and has raised them to the ground and only rubble lies where the DCM complex once stood. The Campa Cola Factory, in perhaps as little as 2-3 weeks, will also be demolished.
Although the guards let us in to the compound but they told us the inside of the factory was off-limits- locked up, they claimed. There front wall is glazed and it must have been quite a sight from the road when the factory was still functioning. There is this really new looking, steel machine inside for making the cola. Apparently it was used only twice in the mid 80s when it was installed. Today no one wants to buy it for they are not sure if they will be able to put it back together once it is dismantled. The German company that made it has shut down.
Behind the factory on one side are thousands of empty bottles sitting in crates. Infact one truck is fully loaded with these although it doesn’t look like that truck has moved in years. On the other side are many ambassadors and tempos, presumably stuck in some legal hassles and sealed as moveable property.
The workers were quite sad at the impending demise of the factory. Some of them had spent there entire adult life working here and soon they will be left jobless and without much prospect for future employment.
Go check out this factory soon if you want to catch a glimpse before they raise it to the ground.
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