Cuddalore, 10 January 2011: A twenty year old worker suffered from a head injury in an accident inside Pioneer Jellice India Pvt Ltd at SIPCOT Cuddalore on 8 January 2011. According to SACEM, P. Veeravel, a resident of Sangolikuppam village and an electrical operator at Pioneer, fell on the floor after getting electrocuted during […]
Jan 1, 2011, Times of India CHENNAI: At least 13 paint, pharma and chemical units at the SIPCOT industrial complex in Cuddalore have been directed by the Madras high court to pay Rs 1 lakh each for a survey on pollution levels in the locality. A division bench, comprising Justices Elipe Dharma Rao […]
22 December 2010 Special Correspondent The Hindu ——————————————————————————– About 200 residents squatted on Cuddalore-Chidambaram road They demanded due compensation to families of the deceased and injured ——————————————————————————– CUDDALORE: Residents of Thiruchopuram and Nanjalingampettai on Tuesday turned their ire against a private oil company by holding it responsible for the death of four girl […]
Cuddalore, 16 December 2010: Victory Chemicals has shut down its operations in Cuddalore from 14 December onwards. According to a notice posted on the factory gates, rising raw material prices and marketing problems of the final product are the reasons behind the closure. The notice also states that the settlement wages of the workers would […]
PRESS RELEASE Download this release in Adobe pdf format FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Cuddalore, 3 December 2010: Commemorating the 26th year of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, members of SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitoring (SACEM) today released results of three air samples taken in July and August this year revealing presence of high levels of least […]
CUDDALORE, 9 December, 2010 — Community Environmental Monitors detected and reported thick smoke with a strong smell of sulphur from the abandoned Coromandel Indag pesticide factory in SIPCOT Cuddalore. The incident, which was reported at around 9.30 a.m. was finally brought under control by the Fire Service at 11 a.m. Commuters on the East Coast […]
4 December 2010 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: The SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitoring (SACEM), a body comprising local residents, environmentalists and social activists, has voiced concern over pollution levels in Cuddalore. Spokespersons of the SACEM, including M. Nizamudeen, told presspersons here on Friday that on the 26th anniversary of the Bhopal gas […]