28 October 2010 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: In a boiler burst that occurred in a pharmaceuticals concern in SIPCOT Industrial Estate here, three workers suffered severe injuries on Wednesday. It is learnt that the boiler installed in the company for drying purpose got overheated and exploded, injuring the workers in the vicinity. They […]
Cuddalore 28 October, 2010: At least 3 contract workers were injured in an accident in Aurobindo Pharma yesterday evening. According to SACEM, the accident took place in the drier section of the unit at about 6.30 pm yesterday. While one of the workers, Mukesh, from West Bengal, suffered severe injuries on his hands and feet […]
18 October 2010 A.V.Ragunathan The Hindu Action by TNPCB after Madras High Court order ——————————————————————————– Court had cited two reasons for stopping unit’s operation, say TNPCB sources Facility put up without mandatory licence under Environment Protection Act: study ——————————————————————————– CUDDALORE: The common effluent treatment facility set up at the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here has been […]
02 Oct 2010 By G Rajasekaran Express News Service SALEM: Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Resources PLC may have got marching orders at Niyamgiri, the sacred hill of Orissa’s endangered Dongria Kondh tribals, but an equally sacred peak in Tamil Nadu has not been as lucky. For, Agarwal’s Madras Aluminum Co Ltd (Malco) continues to denude the […]
04 Oct 2010 By Gokul Chandrasekar Express News Service The Madras High Court’s order to shut down Vedanta group company Sterlite Industries India Ltds (SIIL) copper smelting plant because of very high levels of pollution came as a much-awaited relief for the locals living around the plant in Thoothukudi. The HC order was the […]
04 Oct 2010 By Nityanand Jayaraman Express News Service The recent High Court-ordered closure of Sterlite’s copper smelter in Thoothukudi and the subsequent relief granted to it by the Supreme Court raise some important questions. Can a factory this size ever be closed down for environmental reasons? The company, with a turnover of […]
Sep 28, 2010 Daniel P George Times of India CHENNAI: Seven persons were rushed to the Stanley Medical Hospital on Sunday evening after they complained of breathlessness and uneasiness after a chlorine leak from one of the pipes at gate number four in the Tamil NaduPetroproductsLimited factory on the Manali Express Highway, 40km from […]