8 November 2011 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Hindu Environmentalists and consumer activists staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate here on Monday clamouring for abandonment of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project. Members of the Consumer Federation-Tamil Nadu, SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors and the People Movement Against Nuclear Power participated in it. […]
16 October 2011 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Hindu The Federation of All Residents’ Welfare Associations-Cuddalore has brought out a “People’s charter” listing out demands for improving living conditions in urban and rural areas. Copies of the charter are being handed over to candidates contesting local body elections, political parties, district administration and the public. […]
THOOTHUKUDI, 10 October, 2011: — A power failure in the sulphuric acid plant at Sterlite’s copper smelter in Thoothukudi led to the release of a cloud of oxygen gas sending workers into a panic. The entire plant was shut down between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., according to a worker at the plant. The leak […]
2011-9-27 Sumana Narayanan downtoearth.org.in Carcinogens found in effluents leaking from company’s PVC plant in Mettur Twice in the past five months, residents near Mettur in Tamil Nadu have noticed liquid seeping from under the compound wall of Chemplast Sanmars PVC plant into the drain running alongside the wall. There was a terrible smell coming […]
23 Sep 2011 By Gokul Chandrasekar Express Buzz CHENNAI: Pointing out that about 50,000 acres of forest land was allotted for mining and power projects, the study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment revealed that Tamil Nadu was granted the most clearances for thermal power plants-37. “In the mad rush to […]
27 August 2011 The Hindu Employees of the recently closed down SPIC Pharma unit, the pharmaceutical division of the Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd. located on the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here, observed a fast in front of the Collectorate on Friday. They alleged that the company became a sick unit owing to mismanagement. Fair Use […]
26.08.2011 Soibam Rocky Singh Lawetal News The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Tamil Nadu state government and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to submit before the court a detailed synopsis indicating the suggestions and measures to be taken up by Sterlite Industries to fulfill compliance with the environmental standards. A […]