29 March, 2012, Mettur Dead fish were spotted in the confluence of the Greenpark odai with the River Kaveri’s surplus course just below the now disused effluent discharge pipes of Chemplast Sanmar’s chemical plants on 27 March, 2012. Gonur West Agriculturists Development Union member Ganesan who detected stagnant foam with a chemical odour at the […]
22 March, 2012. METTUR — Residents of Green Park who are affected by dust from coal yards set up by Malco and Chemplast in the Mettur Railway Station complained against the shoddy manner in which air samples were taken by the TNPCB on 20 March. The regulatory agency had installed a high-volume air sampler at […]
8 March 2012, METTUR — Gonur West Agriculturists Development Union reported that Malco has been dumping ash from its thermal power plant in the open on top of the Red Mud dump within its factory. The dark ash resembled bottom ash, and is feared to have elevated levels of heavy metals and other toxic contaminants. […]
8 March 2012 Ambika Sharma The Tribune Baddi, March 7 Concerned over the issue of toxicity and varying nature of the effluents let-off by various industrial units in the Baddi-Barotiwala industrial area by the 990 industries, a local NGO Himparivesh today expressed concern whether the Rs 56.80-crore Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) being set up […]
Feb. 24, 2012 By Pramila Krishnan Deccan Chronicle The green court for south India was opened in Chennai on Friday. On the first day, this National Green Tribunal (NGT), Chennai circuit court, heard six major cases and disposed two of them including the three-year-old Pallikaranai case. Setting aside the environment clearance given by […]
25 February 2012 Special Correspondent The Hindu It sets aside environmental clearance for Perungudi waste management facility On the first day of its functioning here, the National Green Tribunal’s Circuit Court here set aside the environmental clearance granted by the Tamil Nadu government to the Chennai Corporation’s integrated solid waste management facility at Perungudi. […]
25 Feb. 2012 Times of India CHENNAI: The environment clearance given by the state government to set up an integrated solid waste management plant at Perungudi has been set aside by a National Green Tribunal bench on the ground that the site of the proposed plant was less than 10km from the Guindy National […]