Plachimada relief bill delayed

The Kerala government was lauded when it passed a bill in February seeking compensation from Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Company for the ecological damage it caused Plachimada village in Palakkad district. The bill that aims to adjudicate disputes relating to compensation for the damage the company’s cola bottling plant caused in the village, however, is yet to become an Act because of delay in the mandatory President’s assent.