PRESS RELEASE 14 July, 2014 The Cheyyur power project will damage water reserves, harm agriculture and interfere with local drainage routes leading to increased flooding in some areas and reduced rain water flow to vital irrigation tanks, according to a study titled “Hydrological Implications of the 4000 MW coal-fired Ultra Mega Power Project in […]
PRESS RELEASE 14 July, 2014 The Cheyyur power project will damage water reserves, harm agriculture and interfere with local drainage routes leading to increased flooding in some areas and reduced rain water flow to vital irrigation tanks, according to a study titled “Hydrological Implications of the 4000 MW coal-fired Ultra Mega Power Project in Cheyyur, […]
Cuddalore, 4 July 2013: A fire broke out in in Pandiyan Chemicals at semmankuppam village in SIPCOT Cuddalore today at about 12.30 pm. According to the eye witnesses approximately at 12.20 pm heavy smoke was noticed from the building near the boiler inside the plant premises. After few seconds suddenly approximately 15 feet height of […]
05 July 2014 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Hindu A fire that broke out in a chemical unit in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here caused panic among residents in the surrounding villages on Thursday. However, no one in the unit, Pandian Chemicals Ltd, was injured. According to sources the fluidised bed dryer, equipment used for drying the […]
28 June 2014 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Hindu Eight persons sustained burns when a steam pipeline in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here developed a snag on Thursday. The injured include three employees and five contract workers. It is stated that when some of the contract workers of the Tagros Chemicals India were attempting to […]
PRESS RELEASE 30 June, 2014 Thirty-nine scientists, including former vice-chairman of the National Knowledge Commission Padma Bhushan Prof. Pushp M. Bhargava, have urged the Tamil Nadu and Central governments to relocate the 4000 MW Cheyyur UMPP considering the ecologically sensitive nature of the current location. The scientists’ letter notes that both reports make a […]
Cuddalore, 27 June 2014: At least 8 workers of Tagors Chemical were injured when a hot-water pipeline they were repairing burst. The accident occurred at about 10 am on 26 June. According to the sources there was block reported in the pipeline and the workers were attending to it when the pipe burst. All the […]