News Today Bureau Chennai, Dec 10, 2005: Chemplast Sanmar Limited has clarified that the proposed new PVC Project at Cuddalore SIPCOT would not affect health or cause pollution hazards as claimed by community groups and environmentalists. Following the news report that appeared on News Today dated 9 December, the company claimed the project clearance had […]
PRESS RELEASE Download this release in Adobe pdf format 7 December, 2005, CHENNAI, CUDDALORE — Environmental and community groups have condemned the clearance granted by the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests to Chemplast Sanmar’s controversial proposal to set up a PVC factory in SIPCOT Cuddalore. Cuddalore residents and environmental groups have said they will […]
Special Correspondent The Hindu 04 Dec 2005 Company to import feedstock for the Rs. 400-cr. plant; to set up desalination plant CHENNAI: The Union Ministry for Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given the clearance for a Rs. 400 crore PVC (poly vinyl chloride) plant to be set up by the Chemplast-Sanmar Group at Cuddalore. Though […]
New Kerala Posted on 04 Dec 2005 Chennai: Hundreds of volunteers held a candle light rally on a rain-washed beach here to draw attention to the possibility of Bhopal-like industrial disasters in Tamil Nadu on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy. The participants at the rally Saturday night at […]
PRESS RELEASE Download this release in Adobe pdf format Chennai, 3 December 2005: Youth, children, volunteers and supporters of the struggle for justice by survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal today participated in a 2 km run from Besant Nagar to Elliots Beach to mark the 21st anniversary of the Bhopal Gas […]
New Kerala 16 December, 2005 Chennai: As many as 35 environmental health and justice organisations from world-over have expressed their opposition to the proposed Chemplast PVC plant in Cuddalore. The groups have sent a letter to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, urging it to reject the proposal in view of “health and environmental threats,” […]
Community Environmental Monitoring H19/4 Gangai Street, Kalakshetra Colony, Besant Nagar, Chennai 600 090 NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Date: 16 December, 2005 For More Information Contact: Nityanand Jayaraman: 9444082401 e-mail: nity68@gmail.com In USA: Lois Gibbs, CHEJ 703-627-9483 (cell) lgibbs@chej.org Environmental Health and Justice Leaders From Around the World Send Letter to TNPCB Opposing Chemplast PVC […]