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Coca Cola, Pepsi can use water from Tamiraparani River In TN: HC
March 02, 2017
In a major relief for multinational beverage companies Coca Cola and
Pepsi, the Madras High Court on Thursday said the two soft drinks
majors can draw water from Tamil Nadu's Thamirabarani river for
producing soft drinks or packaged drinking water.
The petitioner
DA Prabakar, in his plea, said the Thamirabarani River supports the
drinking water projects and irrigation schemes of the two districts -
Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi. He accused the cola companies of drawing
too much water from the rivers, which they said has impacted farming in
the state.
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