(MENAFN) Authorities in northern India have ordered the closure of a Coca-Cola bottling plant at the center of protests that is extracting too much groundwater, The Peninsula Qatar reported.
According to an anti-pollution official, Mehdiganj plant in Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh had breached the conditions of its operating license, prompting the order closure earlier this month.
"The plant is closed following our orders," Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board member secretary J S Yadav said.
The plant was also asked to produce a permission certificate from a government agency that regulates ground water use, Yadav said.
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