Kingfisher Beer faces Shutdown in Karnataka

Vijay Mallya seems to be in dark ages. After the severe crunch on Kingfisher Airlines, his Beer business is also getting into trouble.

United Breweries plant at Nanjangud in Mysore district, about 160 km from Bangalore could face action for “unofficially” operating without pollution board clearance

The plant at , has been operating “unofficially” for a few months without proper clearance and “suitable action” would be taken, Karnataka Ecology and Environment Minister Sogadu Shivanna said.

The United Breweries Ltd had said in August that Nanjangud might start production sometime in September.

Shivanna said he had visited the plant three weeks ago and found the company had set up a sewage and effluent treatment plant without approval of the state pollution control board.

The state government’s plan to act against UB comes at a time when Mallya is already under severe strain following months of problems in his airlines, whose licence was suspended on Saturday by the civil aviation authorities.