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The Indian unit of Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) has been asked to pay $47 million compensation for causing environmental damage at its bottling plant in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
A state government panel said Coca-Cola"s subsidiary, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCBPL), was responsible for depleting groundwater and dumping toxic waste around its Palakkad plant between 1999 and 2004.
A final decision on the compensation will be taken by the government of Kerala.
Protests by farmers, complaining against pollution, forced HCBPL to close down the unit in 2005. The company operates 52 bottling plants in India.
The "Coca-Cola" group claims that HCBPL was not responsible for causing pollution in Palakkad.
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