New Indian Express Wednesday December 14 2005 CUDDALORE: An NGO here has planned to move the Environmental Appellate Authority at New Delhi, to withdraw the sanction accorded by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for establishing a multi-crore PVC plant in the coastal town. Speaking to this website’s newspaper, General Secretary of the District […]
CHENNAI WATER FORUM PRESS RELEASE Newly Launched Chennai Water Forum Critiques Minjur Desalination Plant Download this release in Adobe pdf format for printing. 10 December, 2005. CHENNAI — Community groups, local government representatives, residents associations, NGOs, activists, students and public-interest professionals today came together to critically evaluate the Rs. 500 crore desalination plant proposed […]
Cuddalore, 8 December 2005: Just as life is limping back to normal in the flood-hit areas of Cuddalore and Chennai, yet another “severe depression” — named Fanoos — is poised in the Bay of Bengal southeast of Chennai, threatening to make landfall somewhere between Nagapattinam and Chennai, i.e. Cuddalore. In Cuddalore, AID-India and Cuddalore District […]
Cuddalore, 6 December 2005: Tagros Chemicals was caught red handed dumping hazardous wastes near Vyaramkuppam village main road in the Sonanchavadi village on 27 November 2005. According to the local sources the incident took place at about 5 in the morning. A tanker TN 51 Q 9952, carrying sludge from the factory dumped the waste […]
G JAGANNATH News Today Chennai, Dec 4, 2005: An air sample of the smoke taken from the open burning of garbage in the Pallikaranai marshland revealed the presence of at least 27 toxic chemicals, including three cancer-causing chemicals, at a very high level, according to a test conducted by Community Environmental Monitoring, a non-governmental organisation. […]
PRESS RELEASE Chennai, 2 December 2005: An air sample of the smoke taken from open burning of garbage in the vicinity of the IT corridor in Pallikaranai Marshlands revealed that ragpicker children, residents and motorists passing through the area are exposed to at least 27 toxic chemicals including 3 cancer-causing chemicals at high levels. Given […]
New Indian Press Saturday December 3 2005 CHENNAI: The air near Pallikaranai Marshlands, one of the largest marsh lands in the city which also doubles as Chennai Corporations dump yard, has at least 27 toxic chemicals, which poses a threat to public health, said a report released by an environment agency. A report based on […]