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PALAKKAD, April 1 Asia Pulse - The Coca-Cola company's controversial plant at Plachimada has hit yet another road-block with the Perumatty panchayat (village level representative body), where the plant is located, turning down its appeal for a fresh five-year licence from April 1.
The company had halted its operations on March 9 after the High Court upheld a state Government order restricting it from drawing groundwater from the plant area till June 15 in view of the severe drought in the district.
According to panchayat president M N Krishnan, the local body had set three pre-conditions for allowing the multinational to continue operations including that the plant should not draw groundwater from the region. The company was asked to ...