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Tuesday, Jun 20, 2006
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Shipping States - Kerala Vizhinjam port awaiting Central okay: Minister Our Bureau
Assembly statements Rs 4,360-crore port project to be implemented in three phases. Government not to ban cola companies just because they are multinational. Move afoot to prepare a detailed data bank on Non-Resident Keralites. Norka to bring the bodies of Malayalees who die while working in Gulf countries.
Thiruvananthapuram , June 19 The work on the proposed international container transhipment terminal at Vizhinjam near here will begin immediately after getting the clearance from the Centre, the Minister for Ports, Mr M. Vijayakumar, said in the State Assembly today. He said that the previous United Democratic Front (UDF) Government had approved a tender submitted by a consortium comprising two Chinese and one Indian companies for implementing the project. The proposal was subsequently forwarded to the Centre for clearance. The Minister said that the Rs 4,360-crore project is proposed to be implemented in three phases. The first phase, estimated to cost Rs 1,850 crore, is slated be completed within three years after getting the Centre's clearance. He said that the Government has already earmarked Rs 10 crore for the project. Apart from providing basic infrastructure such as rail, road, electricity and drinking water connection, the Government will also construct two breakwaters, he added.
STANCE ON COLAS
In reply to a question on the Government's stand on the operations of Coca Cola and Pepsi companies in the State, the Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, said that the Government would not ban the companies just because they are multinational in nature. At the same time, the Government would not hesitate to stop the operations of these companies if they are proved to be detrimental to the interests of the State, he said. The Government would not allow polluting of the water sources in the vicinity of the companies with chemicals above the permitted levels. Whatever the nature of the operations of the companies, they would have to stick to the guidelines of he State Pollution Control Board, the Chief Minister asserted. In reply to another question, he said that studies conducted by the Ground Water Department had revealed that water exploitation by the companies had adversely affected the water levels of the wells in the surrounding areas. The Government is committed to stop the operations of these companies in public interest if it is seen that they are causing shortage of drinking water for the people of the State, he said.
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