After a conflict between guards and farmers nearly ended in violence, Tata’s Indian iPhone factory is now facing health authority accusations of contamination.
Tata’s iPhone component production facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India. Image Credit: Tata
Tata’s iPhone component production facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India. Image Credit: Tata
Early on June 15, 2026, India’s Tamil Nadu Pollution Board (TNPCB) was reportedly threatening to force a shutdown of Tata’s iPhone plant. It followed a series of inspections that reportedly found contaminated wastewater had reached local wells.
Tata was also accused of failing to respond to the TNPCB’s complaints, but then on June 16, the case was dropped. Tata said first that its independent study showed it was following regulations, and then that the India regulator had now “dropped any further course of action on this issue.”