Updates Cuddalore 17 November 2015: A fire accident in the Shahsun Drugs & Chemicals Ltd plant in Cuddalore killed one worker and injured many others. According to the sources, the fire broke out in the Hexane plant of the unit at about 12.10 am due to short circuit during the operations. M Manikandan, a […]
OCTOBER 21, 2015 BY SAURABH DATAR Peninsula Press Indian fusion band Indian Ocean played to a packed auditorium on Oct. 11, at a fundraiser organized by a Bay Area nonprofit to support grassroots projects in India. The show was organized by the Bay Area chapter of the Association for Indias Development (AID), a U.S.-based nonprofit […]
September 9, 2015 S. PRASAD The Hindu People stage a protest at Annapanpettai near Chidambaram on Tuesday. (Right) Police personnel deployed in full strength. Photos: Special Arrangement The Hindu ‘It will irreparably damage environment in Annapanpettai and affect 30 villages’ CUDDALORE: Over 200 residents of 30 villages on Tuesday staged a protest at […]
Cuddalore, 11 July, 2014: More than 1000 residents form at least 10 villages including Vaandiyampallam, Nainarkuppam, Andarmullipallam, Kayalpattu, Silambimangalam, Periyapattu participated in a 2 hour long human chain on Cuddalore Chidambaram National Highway (NH 45A) today to oppose the proposed SIMA Textile park in their region. The chain that started at the Periyapattu village ended […]
Cuddalore, 6 August 2015: Despite repeated complaints and several documented proof of contamination of storm water drains, TNPCB has failed to stop industries from discharging effluents in them. SACEM monitors documented yet another incident of storm water contamination today while they visited the TNPCB Office in the region. This contaminated drain was located right outside […]
PRESS RELEASE 27 August 2015 Click here for Tamil Press Release Unilever should clean up its mercury contaminated site in Kodaikanal to “a stringent standard at par with ecological sensitivities,” said scientists, including two former Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) members Dr. Dilip Boralkar and Dr. Claude Alvares. Releasing a letter written by […]
PRESS RELEASE 29th June 2015 29 June, 2015. MUMBAI Ex-workers and children affected by mercury pollution from Hindustan Unilever’s mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, demonstrated outside the company’s AGM in Mumbai to tell shareholders about their company’s failure to clean up mercury pollution and compensate affected people. Meanwhile, shareholders concerned about the […]