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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gojabisena" data-source="post: 21145982" data-attributes="member: 556088">ලංකාවට කොකාකෝල factory එකක් එනවා කිවනේ .. එකේ අනික් පැත්ත ..ඒ කියන්නේ ඉන්දියාවෙන් එලවපු එක තමා මෙහෙ දාන්නේ <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/angry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry:" title="Angry    :angry:" data-shortname=":angry:" />අපේ මැති ඇමති වරුන්ට සල්ලි හම්බෙනවානම් ඕනහා ජරාවක් කරාවිදැන් මිනිස්සු කීයක් වතුර නැතිව ඉන්නවද .. කීයක් ලුණු කිවුල් වතුර බොනවද<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/angry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry:" title="Angry    :angry:" data-shortname=":angry:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/angry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry:" title="Angry    :angry:" data-shortname=":angry:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/angry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry:" title="Angry    :angry:" data-shortname=":angry:" /> Indian officials order Coca-Cola plant to close for using too much water <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/angry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry:" title="Angry    :angry:" data-shortname=":angry:" /> Authorities in northern India have ordered the closure of a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/cocacola" target="_blank">Coca-Cola</a> bottling plant at the centre of protests that it is extracting too much groundwater, an official said Wednesday. An anti-pollution official said the Mehdiganj plant in Varanasi in  the state of Uttar Pradesh had breached the conditions of its operating  licence, prompting the order closure earler this month. "The plant is closed following our orders," Uttar Pradesh <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/pollution" target="_blank">Pollution</a> Control Board member secretary J.S. Yadav told AFP. "They have also been asked to take suitable measures to recharge the  depleting groundwater level by twice the amount they have extracted. "Also, the effluents released by the plant contain pollutants beyond the permissible limits." The plant was also asked to produce a permission certificate from a  government agency that regulates ground water use, Yadav said. The company has appealed the closure order to India's environment court, the National Green Tribunal, he said. Coca-Cola, the world's largest soft-drinks maker which has  consistently denied the allegations, could not immediately be contacted  for comment. The Indian unit of the company hit a hurdle earlier this year when <a href="http://www.industryweek.com/global-economy/indian-authorities-threaten-demolish-coca-cola-plant" target="_blank">local authorities said they would demolish the plant</a>, claiming it was built on village council land and was "illegal". The authorities also imposed a 126,000 rupee ($2,000) fine on Hindustan Coca-Cola Company Private Limited, over the land issue. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/india" target="_blank">India</a> is one of Coke's fastest-growing markets thanks to an expanding middle class. The bottling plant, one of 58 that Atlanta-based Coca-Cola has in India, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/18/marketingandpr.business" target="_blank">has been at the centre of protests for years</a>.  Demonstrators accuse the company of creating major water shortages  through excessive extraction of water and of polluting groundwater and  soil. Coke last year announced the completion of work to expand the  Varanasi bottling facility which can produce 600 polyethylene  terephthalate bottles a minute. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/18/indian-officals-coca-cola-plant-water-mehdiganj?CMP=share_btn_fb" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/18/indian-officals-coca-cola-plant-water-mehdiganj?CMP=share_btn_fb</a></blockquote>

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