Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Coca-Cola company has opposed the State Cabinet decision to set up a special tribunal for realising compensation from the company, as a follow-up action to the recommendations of the high-powered committee. ``We disagree with the recommendations of the high-powered committee and the proposed follow-up action. The said committee, …
Shaju Philip Rejecting opposition from the Industries Ministry, Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to form a tribunal to assess and realise compensation from Coca Cola for the damage caused by its bottling plant at Plachimada in Palakkad. A committee appointed by the government earlier had recommended formation of the tribunal, …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state Cabinet on Wednesday decided to set up a tribunal for realising the compensation from the Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Company for the ecological damage caused at Plachimada. Announcing this here after the cabinet meeting, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said that the cabinet approved the report submitted by K. …
The Kerala Cabi net on Wednesday decided to set up a tribunal to extract compensation worth Rs 216 crores from soft drink giant Coca Cola for the alleged environmental damage its bottling plant caused in Plachimada of Palakkad. The tribunal was set up on the recommendation made by a committee …
C. Gouridasan Nair The State Cabinet will take up the K. Jayakumar Committee report on the ecological damage caused by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Company at Plachimada in Palakkad district at its meeting here on Wednesday. The Cabinet has before it the conclusions and recommendations of the 14-member Jayakumar committee, which …
KOCHI: Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Sunday lashed out at soft drink giant Coca Cola and said a tribunal will be set up to recover the cost of socio-economic damages caused by a now-shut plant of the company in the state. Inaugurating a new unit of a state-owned public sector …
C. Gouridasan Nair THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cabinet is all set to take a decision this week on the K. Jayakumar Committee report on the ecological damage caused by the Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Company at Plachimada in Palakkad district. Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan's declaration in Aluva on Sunday that the government was …
PALAKKAD: The farmers in the Pudussery-Malampuzha belt have threatened to begin cooking inside the civil station here if their demand to chase away the wild elephants into the forests is not met. The farmers, who came in a group led by Mohandas Pannimada, Pudussery Srinivasan, T Rajan Master and K …
The Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, said on Wednesday that the report of a committee recommending payment of compensation to those affected by the operation of Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages plant at Plachimada is under consideration of the Cabinet. The committee, headed by Mr K. Jayakumar, Additional Chief Secretary, submitted …
Additional Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary (Industries) T Balakrishnan has let loose a controversy by expressing his charging over the government decision to close down the bottling plant of Coca Cola. The unit at Palakkad had to wind up production over excessive exploitation of water and discharge of effluents. Earlier …
The Kerala Industries Minister, Mr Elamaram Kareem, has sought to absolve his Department Secretary of any wrongdoing after the latter's comment that he
First Unit To Achieve Positive Water Balance By Replenishing More Water Than Used Ratna Bhushan NEW DELHI THE Indian arm of PepsiCo has become the first of its global units to put more water back into the environment than it consumes, the company said. The beverage giant has achieved
The Chief Secretary, Mr P. Prabhakaran, has been asked to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the reported remark by another top Government official expressing regret over the fate of the Coca-Cola unit at Plachimada in Palakkad. This was announced by the Chief Minister, Mr V. S. Achuthanandan, while briefing newspersons …
M K Das If the issue is one of accountability, then equity demands that the accomplices are as much guilty as the perpetrator A little known fact is that Coca-Cola was virtually wooed to the state by the then LDF government and its industries minister Susheela Gopalan. It was also …
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi April 23, 2010, 0:58 IST Industry may soon have to pay a lot more for the water it uses. The Union government is in talks with various state governments to draft a model Bill that would lead to a multi-fold increase in water charges for …
The State Government has been requested to initiate legal measures to force Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages to pay compensation to the people of the Plachimada village in Palakkad district affected by the alleged environmental damage its bottling plant had inflicted on the area. Representatives of a mass movement that spearheaded the …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An organisation that had spearheaded the agitation against the Coca-Cola bottling plant at Plachimada village in Palakkad district has urged the government to initiate legal measures to force the multinational soft drink company to pay compensation to the people of the village affected by the environmental damage the bottling …
PALAKKAD: The drought situation in Palakkad district, which is reeling under scorching heat, may worsen with summer showers failing to gain momentum and many parts yet to receive showers. The worsening situation calls for a permanent solution for the drought which accompanies the rise in mercury levels every year. "Instead …
Coca-cola has been asked to pay Rs 216.26 crore against damages caused by its cola bottling plant at Plachimada. On March 22, a high powered committee of the Kerala government recomended the cola giant should compensate people for polluting their water resources. The sum is meant to compensate for agricultural …
Soft drink companies must pay for the water they use While a Kerala government committee has said that the Coca-Cola plant at Plachimada in Palakkad district caused Rs 216 crore of damage to the environment before it shut down in 2004, the company has categorically denied this. It has argued …
