News Today Bureau Chennai, Jan 13 2006 The Tamilnadu Governments proposal to setup a hazardous waste landfill project in Gummidipoondi, 30 Km north of Chennai, is attracting strong protest from the local residents. More than 200 residents, primarily women, from Gummidipoondi and neighbouring areas physically entered and stopped work at the project site of Tamilnadu […]
By Papri Sri Raman New Kerala 13 Jan 2006 Chennai: A major confrontation is brewing between Tamil Nadu villagers and the authorities over a hazardous waste disposal site, which people say will poison the land and groundwater. The bone of contention is a landfill site in Gummidipoondi, 40 km north of Chennai and bordering Andhra […]
by Our Correspondent Deccan Chronicle January 13, 2006 Chennai, Jan. 12: Residents of three villages in Gummidipoondi entered a project site of the Tamil Nadu Waste Management Ltd. on Thursday and chased the workers away from the construction site of a proposed hazardous waste landfill plant. More than a 100 local residents entered the project […]
Download the report in Adobe pdf format for printing. Cuddalore, 13 January, 2006: While the authorities continue to claim that the situation in SIPCOT has improved tremendously and that they are keeping a close watch on pollution, the pollution patrols conducted by SACEM monitors have a different story to tell. On 11 January 2006, the […]
Download the report in Adobe pdf format for printing. Cuddalore, 13 January, 2006: While the authorities continue to claim that the situation in SIPCOT has improved tremendously and that they are keeping a close watch on pollution, the pollution patrols conducted by SACEM monitors have a different story to tell. On 11 January 2006, the […]
Posters: Various Say No to Chemplast’s PVC Plant posters. (Adobe pdf format) Click on any thumbnail to download the full size Adobe pdf format poster for printing.
West Gonur Farmers Welfare Association Manickam Complex, Raman Nagar, Mettur Dam 636 403 ———————————————————————————————————- PRESS RELEASE 11 January 2006 CHENNAI/METTUR, 11 January, 2006 — The Loss of Ecology Authority, constituted by the Central Government, has served notice on Chemplast Sanmar Ltd and MALCO Ltd pursuant to complaints by villagers in Mettur that pollution from these […]