5 September, 2011, Valsad: A chlorine gas leak at around 7.30 a.m. on 29 August, 2011, from Makewell Plasticisers Pvt Ltd in Valsad sent more than 30 people, including a 9 month child, to the hospital. The company manufactures chlorinated paraffins, and employs around 170 people. Many workers were hospitalised too, but no details are […]
August 24, 2011 Digital Team Moneylife There could be severe ramifications due to power generation from coal, considering the sheer scale of the capacity addition; the geographic concentration of the proposed plants; their predominantly private sector ownership and the severe environmental consequences along with implications for resources like coal and water A massive expansion in […]
Cuddalore, 15 August 2011: Lorry transporting sulphur for industries in SIPCOT overturned in Cuddalore town spilling large quantities of its contents on the main road today. According to sources the incident took place early in the morning near the Town Hall at Cuddalore new town. Vast amounts of yellow powder like substance was […]
19 August, 2011. Mettur — Contaminated effluents are being discharged by Chemplast factories onto people’s lands and into public canals, according to farmers and the Gonur West Agriculturists Development Union. Farmers in Saralaikaadu area report that the moderate to heavy rains earlier this week has resulted in the discharge of contaminated water from Chemplast’s Plant […]
17 August, 2011. Thoothukudi — A contract worker engaged by OEG Ltd to work in Sterlite’s copper smelter factory sustained first degree burns due to an electrical accident on 13 August. Mr. Thangapandi, aged about 32, is a resident of Pandarampatti. At the time of writing, he still had not returned to work, and […]
17 August, 2011 — A white gas (suspected to be Sulphur Dioxide) escaped for about 45 minutes at ground level throwing a scare among Sterlite workers, after a power outage caused a shutdown of the Copper smelter and sulphuric acid plant at around 10 a.m. today (17 August, 2011). The wind was blowing from East […]
10 August 2011 Soibam Rocky Singh Lawetal News New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday extended the interim stay on the Madras High Court order directing closure of Sterlite Industries copper smelting plant at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu till August 25. During the brief hearing, senior counsel CA Sundaram appearing for Sterlite Industries […]