7 June 2013 M. K. ANANTH The Hindu Effluents pouring into River Cauvery at Pallipalayam in Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu. Photo: M.K. Ananth Even groundwater in the area is polluted, say residents With the water from Mettur dam hardly reaching River Cauvery in Namakkal district, the effluents discharged from the unauthorised dyeing units in Pallipalayam […]
April 9, 2013 By Anupama Chandrasekaran Reuters TUTICORIN (Reuters) – Housewife A. Puneeta was washing dishes on a foggy Saturday morning when suddenly her throat began to burn. Coughing hard and struggling to breathe, she rushed into the street to find her neighbours running, haphazardly, in panic. “First people said there was a […]
March 31, 2013 IBN Live Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Friday ordered closure of the Tuticorin copper smelting plant of Sterlite Industries, part of Vedanta Resources group, with immediate effect, and power supply to the plant has been cut off, a company official. “The TNPCB issued the order to […]
March 31, 2013 Business Standard Vedanta Group firm says it didn’t cause any illness The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has asked the Vedanta Group firm Sterlite Industries India Ltd to close down its copper smelter plant in Tuticorin immediately, following a recent leakage of toxic gas. The board has identified that […]
March 31, 2013 Zee News Tuticorin (TN): Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Saturday ordered closure of Sterlite Industries copper smelter unit here in the wake of alleged gas leak last week, but the company said it would convince authorities on safety measures installed. Hours after TNPCB ordered its shutdown, Sterlite asserted […]
March 30, 2013 Staff Reporter, The Hindu Says it will work with TNPCB for restarting operations TUTICORIN: Sterlite Industries (India) Limited on Saturday said it had been operating its copper smelter in Tuticorin for the last 17 years with requisite approvals and consent issued by regulatory authorities. According to a statement from the company, […]
March 30, 2013 J. PRAVEEN PAUL JOSEPHP. SUDHAKAR The Hindu Closure orders from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board not new for company Tuticorin-based Sterlite Copper, which took its roots in the black cotton soil on the sprawling SIPCOT premises exactly two decades ago, has been once again placed in a situation not […]