21 June 2010 Gokul Chandrasekar Express News Service A site-specific target level of 25mg/kg for cleanup of mercury in Kodaikanal is grossly inadequate to save the eco-sensitive Pambar Shola forest, according to Mark Chernaik, toxicologist and staff scientist at the US-based ‘environment law alliance worldwide’. Chernaik made the remark after conducting a critical assessment […]
Cuddalore, 26 June 2010: SACEM monitors reported a hazardous waste spill on the ECR road opposite Co-optex showroom today. According to the sources, patches of yellow powder like substances with rotten fruit odour were found spilled on the ECR road between Cuddalore Old and New Town while being transported on a truck. It is suspected […]
June 15, 2010 Madhu Bharathi, NDTV Profit (Chennai) Even though the industrial disaster in Bhopal happened 26 years ago, little seems to have changed in the country when it comes to better practices in industrial safety. One such example is Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore industrial belt where violations continue to be the norm and the […]
14 June 2010 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: Members of the Coordination Committee of the Affected Farmers’ Forum and the Communist Party of India (CPI) gathered at Vellingarayanpettai near here on Sunday and protested against fencing of lands acquired by private companies for setting up power plants and mini-ports. Those who led the […]
7 June 2010 P.V. Srividya The Hindu NAGAPATTINAM: The minutes of the Coastal Regulatory Zone meeting convened on April 29, to discuss the Rs.7,200 crore project proposed by M/s Chettinadu Power Corporation Private Limited reveal that the Fisheries and the Forest Department does not endorse the Environment Impact Assessment report of the Company. According […]
7 June 2010 Special Correspondent The Hindu Seven firms have initiated process of acquiring thousands of acres through private agents CUDDALORE: The district committee of the Communist Party of India has urged the State government to stop the indiscriminate land acquisition going on in the coastal villages of Cuddalore district for the sake […]
Mettur, 6 June 2010: A malfunction in a factory unit of Sri Lakshmi Chemicals in SIDCO Mettur claimed the life of one worker and injured two. According to the sources the accident occurred at around 5.30 pm on June 4, when the Sodium Sulphate manufacturing plant of the unit developed some technical glitch rendering […]