PALAKKAD: The police on Tuesday prevented more Adivasi families from setting up huts in the controversial wind farm land at Nallasingha in Attapadi.
The nine Adivasi families, which have already built huts in the land, on Tuesday strengthened their huts with hay and other materials. They also brought their cattles to the land.
Nearly 400 households in Palakkad municipal area in Kerala enjoy a special relationship with their morning cup of tea. A code printed on the milk bottles delivered to their doorstep identifies not just the farmer but even the cow providing their daily supply of milk.
Demand to set up tribunal to decide on compensation
People's struggle is supported by environmentalists
PALAKKAD: The agitation against alleged exploitation of groundwater by soft drink major Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. at Plachimada, a remote village in Perumatty grama panchayat in Chittur taluk, completed 3,000 days on Friday.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Groundwater levels in Pudussery grama panchayat, Palakkad, where Pepsico has its unit, are falling, the Assembly was told on Thursday.
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.
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 water table in the locality over the years, the state assembly was informed today.
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 of environmental offences.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Groundwater levels in Pudussery grama panchayat, Palakkad, where Pepsico has its unit, are falling, the Assembly was told on Thursday.
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.
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.
