Monday, December 4 2006 New Indian Express CUDDALORE: The Tamil Nadu Meenavar Peravai has urged the government not to accord sanction to the establishment of some industries at the SIPCOT industrial estate here. In a memorandum to Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, district president of the association M Suburayan stated that the industries, if established, […]
Cuddalore. 12 December, 2006 — At least 200 representatives from fishing villages in Pondicherry and Cuddalore gathered near the Farmer’s Market in Cuddalore town to hold a Black Flag agitation against Chemplast Sanmar’s PVC factory. Raising slogans against the company, the fisher gathering organised by Liberation Tigers of Fisherfolk condemned the project and demanded the […]
Cuddalore. 7 December, 2006 — Fisherfolk from Sangolikuppam who went fishing in a stream behind Kudikadu in SIPCOT reported severe skin itching and discomfort within minutes after enter the stream early on the morning of 7 December. Despite claims that all effluents are being routed to sea, the industry routinely discharges wastewater into the River […]
PRESS RELEASE CHENNAI, 16 December, 2006 — SIPCOT Cuddalore is another Bhopal in the making because the conditions that led to the 1984 Bhopal disaster are very visible even in SIPCOT, said Satinath Sarangi, a prominent member of the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, and managing trustee of Sambhavna Clinic which provides free medical […]
19 December 2006 Staff Reporter The Hindu The actual toxicity levels could be much higher: expert “Ideal solution is to shift dumping ground out of Kodungaiyur” CHENNAI : Tests conducted on an air sample lifted in August this year from Kodungaiyur dumping ground, where the city dumps a major portion of its garbage, […]
Sunday, December 24 2006 NEW INDIAN EXPRESS CHENNAI: Highways and Ports Minister M P Swaminathan on Friday said that a thermal power plant, an oil refinery and a ship building yard would come up within a distance of eight km from the Cuddalore Port soon. Speaking at the eighth meeting of the Maritime […]
Chennai Online News Cuddalore, Jan 1: A number of projects estimated to cost Rs 27,000 crore, including thermal power plants, port and ship building yard and petroleum refinery, would come up in and around Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister Arcot N Veerasamy said yesterday. Inaugurating the Varumun Kappom scheme in the district, […]