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.
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.
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 headed by the additional chief secretary, Mr K.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
The Kerala Industries Minister, Mr Elamaram Kareem, has sought to absolve his Department Secretary of any wrongdoing after the latter's comment that he
