Gummidipoondi, 17 April 2005: About seven hundred people, including six hundred women and about hundred men, came out on the streets of the Gummidipoondi town to show their opposition to the proposed Hazardous waste landfill in the area. Residents take it to the streets to oppose the Toxic waste landfill. The main demand of the […]
Saptarshi Bhattacharya THE HINDU 18 April, 2005 Protesters want government to drop move The protest against hazardous disposal waste at Gummidipoondi turned into a massive citizens rally in the village. GUMMIDIPOONDI (THIRUVALLUR DISTRICT): Villagers around the Gummidipoondi industrial estate today reiterated that they do no want a treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSDF) for hazardous […]
Fears over groundwater contamination Saptarshi Bhattacharya The Hindu 17 April, 2005 CHENNAI: Residents of villages near the Gummidipoondi SIPCOT Industrial Estate, are rallying against the proposed treatment, storage and disposal facility (TSDF) for hazardous wastes at the industrial estate. They fear that the facility would contaminate the groundwater, pose health hazards for the villagers and […]
New Indian Express SOUTHERN NEWS TAMIL NADU April 18, 2005 CHENNAI: Taking ahead their protest against the proposed landfill site in their locality, residents of suburban Gummidipoondi have decided to organise a rally and public meeting on April 17. Earlier, they had raised serious objection, to the move of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control BoardÂ’s […]
13 April, 2005: Several commuters, including children travelling by the Chettiarpettai town bus, felt giddy and nauseous after being exposed to the pollution from Tanfac Ltd. Four people vomited. The incident was recorded at 7.45 p.m. by SIPCOT Area Commmunity Environmental Monitors, who visited the site immediately and reported the incident to the District Environmental […]
13 April, 2005: Goons paid off by a local industry ransacked a chicken stall run by monitor S. Pugazhenthi of Sangolikuppam between 10 and 10.45 p.m. today. Sangolikuppam residents have identified the miscreants as people linked to a local businessman running an illegal chemical unit in the vicinity. Pugazhenthi’s security was compromised after a complaint […]
11 April, 2004 Name of deceased: R. Radhakrishnan Age: 40 yrs Job description: contract worker in TANFAC On 11th April 2004, R. Radhakrishnan – a contract worker resident at Periyapillayarmedu, Karaikadu Post, Cuddalore – was exposed to concentrated sulphuric acid while cleaning a valve in an acid tank in TANFAC, SIPCOT Cuddalore. After being hospitalized […]