March against Coca-Cola unit

Thursday, Sep 21, 2006 PALAKKAD: The Plachimada Solidarity Committee and the Anti-Coca-Cola Agitation Committee jointly organised a march on Wednesday to the office of the Ground Water Department here seeking action against the depletion of ground water by Coca-Cola unit at Plachimada. Inaugurating the march, the agitation committee patron Vilayodi Venugopal demanded that the Government take action against the Coca-Cola unit for depleting and polluting the ground water of Plachimada and surrounding areas. Solidarity Committee chairman R. Ajayan said the Ground Water Department notified Chittur taluk as water deficit area prohibiting exploitation of ground water. But the Coca-Cola unit located here exploited ground water indiscriminately depleting the water table. The Hindu ePaper