Coca Cola may have to shell out Rs 216cr in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 22: The high-level panel set up by the LDF government to assess the 'socio-economic damage' caused by the Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Ltd plant in Palakkad district has recommended realisation of Rs 216. 26 crore from the leading beverage company.
Headed
by
Additional
Chief
Secretary
K
Jayakumar,
the
14-member
panel
has
also
asked
the
government
to
establish
a
tribunal,
which
would
fight
the
legal
battle
for
the
people
as
they
might
not
be
able
to
take
it
up
individually.
The panel found that the plant at Plachimada not only 'exploited' the ground water but also adversely affected farming and environment in the area.
Water Resources Minister N K Premachandran, who received the report on Monday, Mar 22, informed that it would be placed before the state cabinet to take appropriate steps.
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