Cuddalore, 2 December 2013: About 80 residents of Eachangadu village in SIPCOT area, today protested the inefficiency of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board outside the office of District Collector of Cuddalore. According to the residents, they have been complaining about persistent pollution related problems for the last fortnight but have received no attention or action […]
Nov 30, 2013 Soundaram Ramanathan Down to Earth No counsel appeared before NGT on behalf of environment ministry for a month-and-a half, leading to delays in a number of cases Tamil Nadu: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) pulled up a joint secretary of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests earlier this week while […]
December 1, 2013 Bosco Dominique Times of India CUDDALORE: The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the department of chemicals and petrochemicals and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (Tidco) to give clarification on the status of the petroleum, chemicals and petrochemical investment region project (PCPIR) and posted the case to December 11 […]
02nd December 2013 By Sruthisagar Yamunan New Indian Express Tamil Nadu: The latest round of the Comprehensive Environment Protection Index (CEPI), released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recently, has clearly established that the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control BoardÂ’s assessment of pollution levels in the Cuddalore industrial cluster in February 2011 failed to […]
29th November 2013 By Sruthisagar Yamunan New Indian Express CHENNAI: The latest round of the Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI), a parameter used by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to decide on moratoriums for activity expansion in industrial clusters across the country, has put three of the four such major clusters in […]
November 28, 2013 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Hindu “Should be recast using inputs from coastal community” Fishermen and consumer activists have said the map of the Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) released by the Department of Environment of the Tamil Nadu government lacks clarity and ought to be duly recast on the basis of […]
Chennai 21 November 2013:After the last-minute cancellation of CRZ public hearing in Chennai on 18 November, fisherfolk in Ramanathapuram district today forced the District Collector to postpone the public hearing for that district until all relevant documents are made available to them in Tamil. Mr. Anand, secretary of Ramanathapuram Fisher Trade Union who attended the […]