16th March 2013 Express News Service New Indian Express CHENNAI – When the Unilever thermometer factory was established in the pristine hills of Kodaikanal in 1984, Sree Sudan was still waiting to be born. Now a middle-school student, he has nevertheless encountered the gory effects of Mercury poisoning that has wrecked many a life in […]
PRESS RELEASE 15 March, 2013. CHENNAI — Marking 12 years of inaction by Hindustan Unilever and the Government of Tamil Nadu in cleaning up Unilever’s toxic mercury contaminated site in Kodaikanal, more than 20 children from the hill town visited Chennai to deliver hearts with messages to key Government officials urging them to clean […]
15 March, 2013. CHENNAI — Marking 12 years of inaction by Hindustan Unilever and the Government of Tamil Nadu in cleaning up Unilever’s toxic mercury contaminated site in Kodaikanal, more than 20 children from the hill town visited Chennai to deliver hearts with messages to key Government officials urging them to clean up contamination to […]
Thoothukudi, 8 March, 2013 — One person was severely injured when an electrical fire broke out in the Motor Control Room of the Phosporic Acid Plant in Sterlite’s copper smelter complex here today. The accident, which occurred at 3.15 p.m., left 30-year old electrician Amalan severely injured with burns on his face and chest. According […]
Deccan Chronicle 11th Feb 2013 Smog from the dumpyard poses a risk to motorists on the popular Kodungaiyur road. Photo credit: Deccan Chronicle Chennai: Over 200 residents of Kannadasan Nagar on Sunday staged a road roko on Tondiarpet High Road for two hours protesting against burning of garbage in the Kodungaiyur dump yard. They […]
Chennai Online 11th Feb 2013 Photo credit: Chennai Online They have lost count of the number of times a protest has been staged against the dumping of garbage in their neighborhood. We are talking about the plight of residents of Kodungaiyur. It is against the Chennai corporation to stop the garbage disposal in their […]
PRESS RELEASE Chennai, 10 February 2013: More than 200 residents of Kodungaiyur blocked the traffic on the Tondiarpettai Highway for several hours today protesting the intense smoke emanating from chennai corporations waste dump. The traffic movement on the highway was hit and lead to a jam of several kilometres. The protesters dispersed only after the […]