Jamshedpur, July 8: Rotary Club of Jamshedpur in association with Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd today inaugurated a rainwater harvesting system at Little Flower School, Telco, the 35th such school where the system was introduced.

The project

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan Sunday slammed Additional Chief Secretary T Balakrishnan, who enjoys the backing of rival Pinarayi faction of CPM, for saying he felt bad that as Industries Secretary he could not save Coca-Cola

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.

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.