Cuddalore, 4 September 2006: The TNPCB today shut down SPIC Pharma for not following its orders. According to the PCB the unit did not have its Effluent Treatment Plant as per the PCB standard, did not manage its mycelium waste properly, did not provide for a VOC analyzer and had not put up a digital […]
Cuddalore, 19 August, 2006 Cocking a snook at the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board, the Factories Inspectorate and the District Collector, bone meal manufacturer Pioneer Miyagi Ltd resumed illegal construction of a new factory secure in the knowledge that no authority will intervene. The company does not have a consent to establish from the Tamilnadu Pollution […]
Cuddalore, 3 August 2006: Third pollution patrol was conducted before the TNPCB SAECM joint patrolling and the observations showed that the pollution levels were extremely high in SIPCOT. The odour levels from some units were recorded at 8 on a scale of 10. Download the report in Adobe pdf format for printing Read the […]
Cuddalore, 3 August 2006: A second pollution patrol was conducted as a record to monitor the pollution and to check to see if the pollution actually comes down on August 4 when the TNPCB has planned its joint patrol with SACEM. Despite the constant shifty wind and the wind direction mostly towards the river, the […]
Cuddalore 30 July 2006: A public hearing held on 29 July in Cuddalore was attended by around 150 people, mainly residents of SIPCOT Industrial Estate, Cuddalore. SIPCOT and Cuddalore town residents presented their grievances with regard to pollution caused by SIPCOT industries. The hearing was held to highlight the unlivable conditions in SIPCOT and discourage […]
Download an Adobe pdf format of the patrol report for printing. Cuddalore, 2 August, 2006: Yesterday SACEM monitors received a call from the senior officials of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) informing them that a joint pollution patrol of TNPCB and SACEM will be conducted on 4th August 2006. A senior TNPCB official from […]
Cuddalore 3 July 2006: A public hearing held on 29 July in Cuddalore was attended by around 150 people, mainly residents of SIPCOT Industrial Estate, Cuddalore. SIPCOT and Cuddalore town residents presented their grievances with regard to pollution caused by SIPCOT industries. The hearing was held to highlight the unlivable conditions in SIPCOT and discourage […]