{"id":47208,"date":"2017-03-02T10:51:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T05:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47208"},"modified":"2017-03-02T10:51:19","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T05:21:19","slug":"pepsi-coca-cola-allowed-draw-water-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pepsi-coca-cola-allowed-draw-water-river","title":{"rendered":"Pepsi, Coca Cola allowed to draw water from river"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45546\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45546\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/plea-seeking-declare-jayas-election-void\/madras-high-court-10\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?fit=276%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"276,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"madras-high-court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?fit=276%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-45546 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?resize=276%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pepsi, Coca Cola allowed to draw water from river\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?w=276&amp;ssl=1 276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/madras-high-court.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pepsi, Coca Cola allowed to draw water from river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a relief for Pepsi and Coca Cola, the Madras High Court today allowed the soft drinks giants to draw water from the Thamirabarani river for their bottling plants in Tirunelveli district.<\/p>\n<p>Dismissing a PIL filed by D A Prabakar and Appavo, a division bench of justices A Selvam and P Kalaiarasan lifted the ban earlier imposed by the court on the firms for drawing water from the river.<\/p>\n<p>The court had given the interim injunction last November.<\/p>\n<p>The soft drinks companies sought a direction on lifting the ban saying they were using only the surplus water.<\/p>\n<p>The PIL litigants submitted that the river flowing through Tirunelveli and Tuticorin supported drinking water projects and irrigation in these two districts.<\/p>\n<p>It was contended that drawing of water for the bottling plants of these companies deprived farmers of their livelihood, who were unable to take up farming activities.<\/p>\n<p>The companies paid only 37.50 paise per 1000 litres of water extracted and sold their beverages at a much higher cost, Prabakar, Secretary of Tirunelveli Consumer Protection Association, had submitted.<\/p>\n<p>The PWD had earlier submitted that there was sufficient water in the river and only surplus water was given to the companies.<\/p>\n<p>The order has come even as a call by the Traders Federation in Tamil Nadu to ban sales of Coca Cola and Pepsi soft drinks came into effect yesterday with its President A M Vikrama Raja declaring drinks as &#8216;toxic&#8217; for consumption.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a relief for Pepsi and Coca Cola, the Madras High Court today allowed the soft drinks giants to draw water from the Thamirabarani river for their bottling plants in Tirunelveli district. 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