Cuddalore, 1 November 2007: Thick and dark smoke was noticed from SPIC unit in SIPCOT Cuddalore yesterday morning. According to the SACEM monitors the smoke was noticed around 6:30 am and continued for about an hour. The smoke was so thick and intense that it looked like a unit inside the factory was on […]
24 October 2007 A.V. Ragunathan The Hindu, CUDDALORE: The Louisiana Bucket Brigade, an environmentalists’ group in the U.S., has expressed solidarity with the SIPCOT Area Community Environment Monitoring Committee and the environmentalists in Cuddalore in their combat against pollution. Voicing concern over the pollution level in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate, the Brigade has proposed […]
17 October 2007 Special Correspondent THE HINDU CUDDALORE: Following a sudden bout of fever in Kudikadu, in the past two days, District Collector Rajendra Ratnoo has deployed a medical team to screen the people there. The team led by Deputy Director (Health) R.Meera is camping in the village to offer medical aid. Of the 83 […]
17 October 2007 Special Correspondent THE HINDU CUDDALORE: Following a sudden bout of fever in Kudikadu, in the past two days, District Collector Rajendra Ratnoo has deployed a medical team to screen the people there. The team led by Deputy Director (Health) R.Meera is camping in the village to offer medical aid. Of […]
Cuddalore, 17 October 2007: SIPCOT residents reported a fire from Arkema Peroxides premises at about 10:30 am yesterday. According to the eye witnesses there were flames up to 30 feet high from behind the unit, with intense black and whitish smoke. There was a faint plastic burning odour too. As soon as the fire broke […]
Cuddalore, 16 October 2007: More than 70 people from Kudikadu Colony were admitted in the Cuddalore General Hospital on 14th October with complaints of high fever, persistent headaches, pain in hands and legs and vomiting sensation. Members of SACEM met some of the residents at the hospital yesterday. The residents blamed chemical odour from […]
Cuddalore, 16 October 2007: Fishermen in SIPCOT area caught effluent seeping out of Pioneer Miyagi into Uppanar early morning on 11th October 2007. According to the local fishermen, they saw white foam on the river water behind Pioneer indicating pollution on the morning at about 7 am. While investigating the source of pollution the fishermen […]