Cuddalore, 4 July 2007: A day after receiving several complaints of increased pollution in the SIPCOT area the District Environment Engineer (DEE) of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) conducted a joint pollution patrol with the SIPCOT villagers and SACEM monitors to assess the situation in the industrial complex. The team conducted a […]
1 July 2007 THE HINDU Special Correspondent CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has formed an experts’ committee to assess the health condition of former workers of Hindustan Lever’s Clinical Thermometer Factory at Kodaikanal allegedly exposed to toxic mercury. The First Bench, comprising Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice K. Chandru, said the five-member committee would […]
Cuddalore, 7 June 2007: Fifty 200-litre drums containing a smelly liquid waste with an oily film from Bayer Sanmar’s polyurethane factory in SIPCOT, Cuddalore, was exposed by community residents in Kudikadu village yesterday. The Cuddalore District Consumer Protection Organisation registered a complaint with the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). However, by the time the […]
Cuddalore, 17 May 2007: Pioneer Miyagi once again began to reclaim river Uppanar land exactly one month after it was forced to stop this activity by the District Collector and the officials of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). Pioneer began this land reclamation in violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone Management rules on 17 […]
Cuddalore, 15 May 2007: The SIPCOT residents today discovered an illegal effluent pipeline in the industrial area leading to the river Uppanar. The cement pipe was discovered behind TANFAC, in between Victory Chemicals and CUSECS 6. After and initial look the residents informed that the pipeline seems to be an old one and carried […]
CUDDALORE, 21 May, 2007 — On 8 May, 2007, at around 5.30 a.m., contract worker Kannan, aged about 45, from Semmankuppam Madukarai village suffered severe burn injuries on his left hand, and light burns on his left cheek after an accident while loading firewood at Pioneer Miyagi’s boiler. He was admitted in Kannan Hospital in […]
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. Kodaikanal is a beautiful hill town that attracts […]