News India Friday October 8 2004 CHENNAI: In a major crack-down on polluting industries, the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) on hazardous waste has directed the multi-national Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) to clean up the mercury contamination in the tourist town of Kodaikanal at an estimated cost of Rs 50 crore. After visiting HLL’s thermometer […]
News India October 07, 2004 Chennai: The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste has made it very clear that the defaulting hazardous waste industries in the state will have to either clean up or shut down. In a report submitted to the State government and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board after its visit to […]
January 12, 2005 The Rediff Special/Amit Varma in Cuddalore One by one we pass through villages of smell. We are in the Cuddalore district, going through an industrial area known as the Sipcot region. And different parts of this area are neatly segregated by smell. We begin with burnt cabbage, move on to a strong […]
New Wind Press September 25, 2004 KOCHI: Nine years ago, when the refinery Unocal at Rodeo, California sprouted a hazardous chemical leak, the local community was put in the dark. They did not have a clue as to what it was and how to take the company to task. “It was like a giant aerosol […]
By Our Staff Reporter The Hindu. October 15, 2004 CHENNAI, OCT. 14, While welcoming the report of the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) on hazardous waste management in Tamil Nadu, environmental groups have reacted sharply to its recommendation to do away with public hearings on construction of waste disposal facilities within industrial estates. The recommendation, […]
THE HINDU By Our Special Correspondent JUNE 14, 2004 CHENNAI The Federation of Consumer Organisations, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, has requested the authorities concerned to probe accidents which occurred in and around the SIPCOT industrial estate at Cuddalore in the last five years. In letters addressed to the Cuddalore Collector; the Member-Secretary of the Tamil […]
September 30, 2004 Sun network Online News Chennai – The Madras High Court has issued notices to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, to respond in three weeks to a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu Legal Services Authority, in response to a report on the quality of air in SIPCOT industrial estate at Cuddalore. […]