PRESS RELEASE 18 January 2007, Kodaikanal/ Chennai: More than 500 residents, mostly ex-workers of a Hindustan Lever mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal staged a ‘salai marial’ (road blockade) at Moonjikal, Kodaikanal, today protesting the death of 47-year old P. Natarajan, an ex-worker of the factory. Ex-workers said numerous workers were exposed to toxic mercury because […]
21 January 2007 Special Correspondent The Hindu Trade volume will touch Rs.150 crore CUDDALORE: A detailed project report for setting up an agri-export zone for cashew at an estimated cost of Rs.10.36 crore here has been submitted to the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation. The Government has decided to establish the export zone to […]
15 January 2007 A.V.Ragunathan The Hindu Villagers form an outfit to resist move to set up units CUDDALORE: Though a series of industries such as a ship building facility, a textile processing park and an oil refinery are scheduled to come up in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here, people in the surrounding villages […]
Cuddalore, 13 January 2007: Residents of Periyapattu village, about 20 kilometres from the infamous SIPCOT industrial estate, have opposed the proposed SIMA textile park citing reasons of pollution, groundwater depletion and damage to the local agricultural and the fishing economy as reasons against the proposed water-intensive dyeing and bleaching industries. They demanded the government to […]
Supported by: West Gonur Farmers Welfare Association, Manali Youth Exnora, Students from Chennai, Liberation Tigers of Fisherfolks, South India Fishermen Welfare Association, Tamilnadu Meenavar Munnetra Kazhagam, Human Rights Initaitive of Tamilnadu, Pondycherry Unit of DYFI, Pondicherry Science Forum, Guide Chengalpet, Thandai Periyar Dravida Kazhagam.
Wednesday, November 29 2006 NEW INDIAN EXPRESS CUDDALORE: A five-day cycle rally aimed at creating awareness on environmental issues was flagged off here on Tuesday. The participants will cover Cuddalore, Villupuram, Kancheepuram, Puducherry and Chennai districts. President of Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam Kolathur Mani and chairman, District Environmental Protection Organisation for Right Tackling, M Nizamudeen […]
Update Day2: 29 November 2006, morning from Puduchatram From Nity: We set off for our next destination to Cuddalore New Town at 7:30 am half hour past the scheduled time. Some of us were up at 4 am to fulfil the morning duties while others not so keen on attnending the call woke up at […]