Committee receives complaints from public about Coca-Cola plant

The high powered committee appointed by the Kerala government to assess the damage and compensation on account of the functioning of Coca-Cola plant at Plachimada in Palakkad district, today held a sitting and received complaints from the public.

Environmentalist farmers of the area and representatives of various voluntary organisations took part in the meeting, chaired by Committee chairman and Agriculture commissioner K Jayakumar.

The Committee has so far received 624 complaints.

Jayakumar said the committee would submit its report to the government by December 31.