Where is People's Right to Livelihood?; A Report on Karikal Public Hearing on Industrial Pollution
Kariakal, 1 August 2008: Mahathma Gandhi said that backbone of India is villages and agriculture and he insisted that they should be protected. Read More...

Salem District Residents Use RTI to Demand Transparency of TNPCB
Salem, 15 July 2008: - Around 50 people, agitated by the lack of transparency and large-scale irregularities in the functioning of the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board, today filed RTI applications at the District Environmental Engineer's office. Read More...

Air Monitor Nails Toxic Hotspots in Chennai, Manali
12 February, 2008. CHENNAI -- Levels of hydrogen sulphide, a potent neurotoxin that smells of rotten eggs, was detected at roughly 1400 to 29000 times above permissible levels at various locations within Chennai city and Manali. Read More...

Kodungaiyur residents stage gate block, force garbage trucks to return
Chennai, September 16, 2007: More than 150 residents blocked the entrance of the Municipal Waste Dumping Ground in Kodungaiyur today. Read More...

Mercury Awareness at Kodaikanal Tourist Show
KODAIKANAL, 20 May, 2007 -- Ex-workers from the Hindustan Lever mercury thermometer factory and members of Community Environmental Monitoring today launched a photoexhibition-cum-awareness booth to educate tourists visiting the Kodaikanal flowershow on the harmful effects of mercury released from Hindustan Lever's factory between 1984 and 2001. Read update

India-Japan Parley May Legalise Waste Dumping in India
CHENNAI, 2 May, 2007 -- Japan exported nearly 2000 tons of trash, not including e-waste, to India in four years between 2003 and 2006. Read more...

Cycle Rally Reception at Chengalpattu - Songs and Speeches Mark the Day
Nity reports from Chengalpattu, 11 February 2007, 7:00 am: We covered a distance of about 70 km yesterday from Tindivanam to Chengalpettu. The first half of the journey was very pleasant as the weather was nice. We took a lot of breaks on the way. Read more...

Cycle tour leaves for Chengalpettu
Nity reports from Tindivanam, 10 February 2007, 7:15 am: We have started our 65 k.m. long journey to Chengalpettu. Read more...

Cycle tour starts off on a sombre note
Nity reports from Tindivanam, 9 February 2007, 8:05 pm: We reached Tindivanam at about 5:00 pm. After unloading the extra cycles from the truck we left for the pond where the accident had happened. Read more...

Day 2 – First milestone, Pondycherry
29 November 2006 The day stated as usual, two cycles broke down and had to be loaded onto the car and sent to Semankuppam for repairs. The trip to Semankuppam was excellent we were in the right time for pamphleteering, it was morning time and people were either at bus stops leaving for work or having their morning tea. Read more...

Renowned Tamil poetess Kanimozhi inaugurates 1000 Bhopals photo exhibition
29 November 2006 The inauguration of the 1000 Bhopals exhibition at Lalit Kala Akademy was a great success. We had Ms. K. Kanimozhi, renowned poetess and daughter of Tamilnadu Chief Minister Mr. K. Karunanidhi inaugurate the exhibition. Read update with photos...

Cyclist discover the beauty of Puduchatram, the proposed location for the SIMA textile park
Update Day2: 29 November 2006, morning from Puduchatram From Nity: We set off for our next destination to Cuddalore New Town at 7:30 am half hour past the scheduled time. S

ome of us were up at 4 am to fulfil the morning duties while others not so keen on attnending the call woke up at 6. We are 6 km away from Perangipettai which was one of the worst affected during the killer tsunami two years ago. Read more...

National Air Toxics results prods TNPCB into action
Chennai, 10 June 2006: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board yesterday passed an order banning dumping of garbage and discharge of sewage into the unique and highly sensitive Pallikarnai marshlands. The order comes just a few days post the release of an ambient air quality report by Community Environmental Monitoring (CEM). Read more...

Ex-workers Mark 5 Years of Struggle Against HLL
Kodaikanal, 05 March, 2006: More than 300 people demonstrated today to mark the 5th anniversary of the struggle for environmental clean-up and health rehabilitation against Hindustan Lever Ltd, whose mercury thermometer factory was exposed in 2001 to have caused widespread pollution within and outside its factory. The workers said a recently approved proposal to allow Hindustan Lever to decontaminate its machinery once again goes against science and established practice and puts workers in harm's way. Read more...

Explosion at Orchid kills 1, injures 2
Chennai: 4 November, 2005. According to the office of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kanchipuram, the information of the explosion was reported to the police at 9 pm on 3/11/2005, shortly after the incident. Read more...

February 10, 2005:
SPIC Pharma caught red-handed dumping date-expired medicines
SPIC Pharmaceuticals was caught red-handed burning about 200 to 300 kg of date-expired medicines on the National Highway near the Pallikaranai marshlands in Perungudi, near Chennai, today. Activists from Chennai-based Consumer Action Group and Toxics Link were first to reach the spot, and intimate local authorities. Read more...