Chennai, 25 March 2011: A delegation of residents from SIPCOT Cuddalore met the Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and the Joint Chief Environment Engineer TNPCB to express their concerns about the ongoing environmental violations by the industries in the SIPCOT region especially in the context of the recent gas leak from Shasun […]
Cuddalore 21 March 2010: Residents of Cuddalore New Town noticed yellow colour powder deposits on the sides of the road near the Cuddalore town hall at about 6.45 am today. According to the sources, the powder had a strong sulphur odour to it and was found spilled on the road side for about […]
Reports Kodaikanal DOUBLE STANDARDS: Unilever’s Mercury Fever & Kodaikanal’s Ecological Time Bomb March 7, 2010 Letter request to Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board and Other Officials to Suspend Any Works at Unilever sites in Kodaikanal March, 2010 Mercury Evaluation Reports for Kodaikanal by Dr. Mark Chernaik March 5, 2010 Indian People’s Tribunal Report on Hindustan Unilever’s […]
10 March 2011 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: The State government has constituted a four-member enquiry committee to go into the causes of the acid leak incident that occurred at Shasun Pharmaceuticals Ltd (formerly known as Shasun Chemicals and Drugs Ltd) located in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here that caused health hazards to the local […]
March 9 2011 Times of India CUDDALORE: More than 100 persons complained of irritation in the eyes, nausea and vomiting after a gas leak from a chemical unit in SIPCOT industrial estate in Cuddalore district on Monday night. Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) additional chief environmental engineer S Balaji told TOI that fire […]
9 March 2011 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: Top officials of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board have said that the acid leak that created lot of fumes in the unit run by the Shasun Chemicals and Drugs Ltd in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here on Monday night was an accident and it was […]
9 March 2011 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: Deriving a lesson from the acid-leak-induced fumes in the Shasun Chemicals and Drugs Ltd. on the SIPCOT Industrial Estate near here that harmed several local residents on Monday night, the authorities should take appropriate safety measures, according to M. Sekar, in-charge district secretary of the Communist […]