11 September 2007 A.V.Ragunathan The Hindu CUDDALORE: The study team of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) led by D.Ravikumar, MLA, on Monday visited Thiagavalli and Kudikadu Panchayats to ascertain the views of the villagers on the proposed 1320-MW power project to be set up by the Cuddalore Power Company (CPC). Mr. Ravikumar told The […]
Villagers attempt to attack Cuddalore Collector Web: newKerala.com Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, Sep 7: About 1,500 agitated villagers of Tegavalli, near here, today attempted to attack Cuddalore district Collector Rajendra Rathnoo at a meeting convened to elicit public opinion regarding the proposed 1,320 MW hydro-electric power plant in the […]
Cuddalore, 8 September 2007: More than 1500 villagers from Thiyagavalli and Kudikadu panchayats protested against the proposal to set up a 1320 MW coal fired thermal power plant by Cuddalore Power Corporation Ltd at a public hearing held at Cuddalore yesterday. Villagers demanding immediate rejection of the project shouted slogans at the hearing and later […]
20 August 2007 Special Correspondent The Hindu Effluents being discharged in a crude manner, posing health hazards, ecological problems Companies transporting effluents by tankers to be disposed of at isolated places: committee Official inspection: State Legislative Assurance Committee members at the effluent treatment plant at SIPCOT Industrial Estate in Cuddalore on […]
23 August 2007 Staff Reporter The Hindu Kodaikanal, Berijam and Kookal lakes affected, say environmentalists Endangering: Environmentalist Navroz Modi delivering a special address in Kodaikanal on Tuesday. KODAIKANAL: The State Government must take a policy decision not to grant permission to start any industry that pollutes air, water and land on […]
23 August 2007 Staff Reporter The Hindu Kodaikanal, Berijam and Kookal lakes affected, say environmentalists Endangering: Environmentalist Navroz Modi delivering a special address in Kodaikanal on Tuesday. KODAIKANAL: The State Government must take a policy decision not to grant permission to start any industry that pollutes air, water and land on […]
21 August, 2007. Kodaikanal:— A 2006 study published in reputed scientific journal “Environmental Pollution” by the Department of Atomic Energy confirms that Kodaikanal’s lakes have been contaminated by mercury emissions from Hindustan Lever’s thermometer factory. The report was discussed at a meeting organised at the Methodist Church Hall by Tamilnadu Environment Council, Tamilnadu Women’s […]