Natasha Raj NDTV India Thursday, November 15, 2007 (Chennai): Farmers of Mettur are up in arms against the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) for failing to take note of the severe ground water pollution affecting the region. Protesting against the situation, the farmers staged a mock funeral, women mourned what they call […]
Chennai 15 November 2007: 100 agitated people from Mettur assembled at the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board at Guindy today to present a copy of a report, ‘Unfolding Diasater – A Study of Chemplast Sanmar’s toxic contamination in Mettur’ and demanded that the TNPCB take the required action to control pollution in the area. The […]
Community Environmental Monitoring (A Project of The Other Media) No. 42A, First Floor, 5th Avenue Besant Nagar, Chennai – 600090 PRESS RELEASE Download this release in Adobe pdf format CHENNAI, 14 November, 2007 – Mettur’s environment is contaminated with dioxins, furans and 52 other toxic chemicals, including mercury, according to a […]
12:02 PM IST 16, Nov. 2007 By Papri Sri Raman India, India eNews The water of the river Cauvery – one of the major rivers of south India that is considered sacred by Hindus and is used extensively for drinking and irrigation — contains 28 toxic chemicals, a study has found. Mettur’s environment […]
Thursday, 15 November , 2007 By K. Sreedevi Sify News Chennai: Chemplast Sanmar, the Chennai-based PVC major, is alleged to be dumping close to 28 chemicals into the river Cauvery from its plastic manufacturing unit in Mettur, the industrial town situated on the northwest of Tamil Nadu. Of these chemicals, five are reported to be […]
Cuddalore, 9 November 2007: SACEM monitors today reported another incident of illegal effluent discharge in the Eachangadu canal next to the Eachangadu village in SIPCOT Cuddalore. According to the monitors the effluent was brick red in colour and had a strong odour of paint and kerosene to it ranked at 7 on a scale of […]
8 September 2007 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: A joint meeting of environmentalists, lawyers, scientists, consumer activists and a section of the pollution-affected people held here recently voiced concern over the pollution problem in Cuddalore which, according to them, had already reached the saturation point. Therefore, to avoid further degradation of environment and to […]