Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Naresh Kumar Vs Government of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 13/05/2025. The matter is related to illegal extraction of groundwater in Manakpura, Delhi by the water supply mafia. According to the complainant, one Hemant has illegally drilled a borewell …
The Kerala cabinet has decided to establish a tribunal for awarding compensation to people affected by a production plant of Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Private Limited (HCCB) at Plachimada in Palakkad district. The cabinet has approved the report submitted by a high powered committee (HPC), headed by K Jayakumar, additional …
After Coca-Cola, another soft drink major, Pepsi, has come on the radar of the LDF government in Kerala, which has alleged its plant in Palakkad district is extracting excess ground water and discharging effluents and solid wastes with pollutants. The plant at Pudussery was found to have been depleting the …
M Sarita Varma Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government has flexed its muscles at Coke and Pepsi at one go. Within 24 hours of deciding to set up a tribunal to fine Rs 196 crore as environmental damages from Coca Cola, LDF government has indicated that Pepsico factory in Kanjikode too, is guilty …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Groundwater levels in Pudussery grama panchayat, Palakkad, where Pepsico has its unit, are falling, the Assembly was told on Thursday. In a written reply to the House, Water Resources Minister N K Premachandran said that water levels in the observation well at the Pudussery grama panchayat office showed a …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After Coca Cola, another soft-drink major Pepsi has come on the radar of the LDF government in Kerala which has alleged that its plant in Palakkad district was extracting excess ground water and discharging effluents and solid wastes with pollutants. The plant at Pudussery was found to have been …
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, …
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 …
Long-term pumping tests were carried out on Kasai river bed in connection with augmentation of existing water supply of Kharagpur Municipal town in the district of Midnapore (West), West Bengal to cater to the need of growing population as well as industrial units.
Development and effective utilization of groundwater resources is essential in arid and semi-arid regions for activities such as water supply and irrigation. The present study aims to analyze, statistically, the groundwater data at the piezometric stations of upper Swarnamukhi basin in the drought prone Rayalseema region of Andhra Pradesh and …
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 …
Tezpur: Arsenic and fluoride existing in ground water in Assam's Sonitpur district has claimed five lives and caused several others to suffer from related diseases like stomach disorder, kidney and heart problems. Consumption of water poisoned with arsenic and fluoride regularly was suspected to be the cause of five deaths …
Birmashri Rathore knows exactly how much water to add to milk so that it can still be accepted as milk. As the price of this essential commodity shot up across the country over the past two years, so did the level of dilution in the family’s daily milk. Three years …
Tejpal Mehta, former sarpanch of village Dighariya, is well known all over Thana Gaji tehsil of Rajasthan’s Alwar district because he is among the rare few who possesses 100 milch animals, both indigenous and crossbred. He also owns eight hectares (ha) of land. But that does not seem enough in …
Bhubaneswar, June 28: The Orissa government today confirmed that at least 45 companies had been allowed to draw water from rivers, seeking to balance the demand for industry and that of farmers who fear their source of irrigation might dry up. The state government has so far signed memoranda of …
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 …
Winner of the 2010 National Ground Water award worth Rs 10 lakh, Vruksha Prem Seva Trust of Rajkot in Gujarat has implemented 30 watershed projects since1995 sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development. The trust also undertook the construction of 500 underground tanks for rain water harvesting in 30 villages. The …
KOLKATA, 24 JUNE: The Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) will lift water from the river Hooghly and take it to Rajarhat for purification and supply to action areas I and II on a trial basis from 15 July. If the trial run is successful, then the residents of New …
THE government is going to enact new laws soon to make best use of water resources in apprehension that the country may face acute water shortage in the future. A draft to this effect is in place for consultations with people concerned before finalising it for enactment. The donor-supported draft …
