September 23, 2007 Special Correspondent THE HINDU CUDDALORE: Farmers in Cuddalore district have urged the Tamil Nadu Government to come out with a White Paper on the proposed 1,320-MW private power project to be set up in the coastal area. The project, being promoted by the Cuddalore Power Company, will come up on 1,200 acres […]
Chennai, September 16, 2007: More than 150 residents blocked the entrance of the Municipal Waste Dumping Ground in Kodungaiyur today. The residents belonging to neighbouring communities of K.K Nagar, Krishnamurthy Nagar and Rajarathinam Nagar, who are already reeling under the pollution caused by the nearly 2000 tonnes of garbage dumped in their backyard everyday, participated […]
17 September 2007 Special Correspondent The Hindu Promises to take it up with Chief Minister CUDDALORE: Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S. Ramadoss has promised to take up with Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi the possibility of displacement of Nochikadu and Thiagavalli panchayat residents by the proposed 1,320-MW private power project. He also called for […]
17 September 2007 T. Ramakrishnan The Hindu Two plants have been proposed in Tuticorin district ——————————————————————————– One each is likely to come up in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts All of them will be coal-based thermal power plants ——————————————————————————– CHENNAI: Four 6,000-megawatt (MW) projects, proposed for the first time in the State as “merchant […]
Monday, September 17 2007 The New Indian Express ENS CHENNAI: Several residents in Kodungaiyur blocked the entry of 50 lorries to the garbage dumping ground in the area on Sunday. The lorries, carrying garbage from the Perungudi dumping yard, had been sent to Kodungaiyur to dump waste. According to residents, many of these […]
15 September 2007 Special Correspondent THE HINDU CUDDALORE: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MLAs A. Arunmozhithevan and Selvi Ramajayam, along with party functionaries, conducted a study in the villages “where the people are facing the threat of eviction on account of the proposed private power project.” Mr. Arunmozhithevan told The Hindu that the […]
12 September 2007 Special Correspondent THE HINDU They urge the State Government to withdraw permission for the project CUDDALORE: The people of the 12 coastal hamlets, forming part of the Thiagavalli panchayat here, have decided not to sell land to the Cuddalore Power Company (CPC) for setting up the 1320-MW power project. The […]