5 December 2011 Staff Reporter The Hindu “Heavy pollutants” emptied into canal had residents gasping Early Sunday morning residents of Kamarajar Nagar near Ginger Hotel woke up to the acrid smell of chemicals that had spread across area through a drainage canal. According to a pollution control board official, “heavy pollutants” were emptied into the […]
Mettur, 1 December 2011: There was yet another instance of illegal and ongoing discharge of foul-smelling effluents into the channel dug by Chemplast alongside the compound wall of their Plant II. The channel empties into a public drain that leads to the Cauvery. Water has been flowing from the Plant II wall ever since […]
Chennai, 22 November 2011: A fifteen member delegation comprising of residents and community environmental monitors from Cuddalore and Mettur today met the newly appointed Member Secretary (MS) of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Dr. K. Karthikeyen and apprised him on the ground situations of pollution and operations of local TNPCB offices in their regions. The […]
Cuddalore, 15 November 2011: Like every year the South East monsoon this time too has provided an opportunity for the SIPCOT units to illegally flush out untreated and toxic effluent in their storm water drains. According to SACEM, blackish effluent with oily film were noticed from the storm water drains of TANFAC, Loyal Superfabrics, Tamil […]
Thoothukudi, 18 November, 2011 — One Sterlite staffer, Sreenivasa Rao, sustained burn injuries after he slipped into a gutter carrying acid in the refinery area of the Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi. He was immediately taken to AVM Hospital, where his burns were treated. He was discharged and taken home the same day. The […]
14 November 2011, Thoothkudi: 45 year old Pandian, a contract worker at Sterlites Copper smelter in Thoothkudi, lost his life today after he was sucked into a duct line leading to a chimney of the phosphoric acid plant. He was sent into the duct even as the suction devices were on contrary to safe operating […]
10 Nov 2011 By Gokul Chandrasekar ExpressBuzz Action assured in mercury leak case CHENNAI: B V Ramanna, who took over as the environment minister following the latest reshuffle, has assured to look into the issue of mercury leak from the erstwhile factory of Hindustan Unilever in Kodaikanal. The decade old issue had come under […]