21 February 2010 A.V. Ragunathan (Special Correspondent) The Hindu Killai Town Panchayat has passed a resolution CUDDALORE: The Killai Town Panchayat, in which the Pichavaram mangrove forests are located, has taken concerted efforts to protect ecology by totally banning plastic usage both on the land and offshore. Pichavaram that boasts of having the second largest […]
8 February 2010 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: In a public hearing held on Friday, a demand was made to employ local people in the proposed 3,600-MW private power project to be set up in Pudhukuppam coastal village in Parangipettai block. Collector P. Seetharaman and officials of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board […]
2 February 2010 A.V.Ragunathan The Hindu Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy Sad sight: Dead fishes, swollen and deformed with rashes all over body, were washed ashore in Cuddalore on Tuesday. CUDDALORE: The six-km coastal stretch from Chithiraipettai to Rasapettai, near here, was found littered with dead fishes on Monday evening. Strong odour from the […]
8 February 2010 Times of India Cuddalore: The SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors (SACEM), a non-government forum, has raised strong objection to the proposed 3,600-MW thermal power plant, captive port and desalination plant in Cuddalore and sought to highlight several lacunae in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) done by the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial […]
Mettur, 1 February, 2010 — An illegal coal yard, set up without the statutory Consent to Establish by Chemplast Sanmar, is now the cause of coal dust pollution in the residential area surrounding the yard, according to Mettur Padhukaappu Iyakkam (Mettur Protection Organisation) Thangamapuripatnam branch. Thirty-two residents, including 22 women from Greenpark, a residential layout […]
Mettur, 31 January 2010: A gas leak was reported from Plant III of Chemplast Sanmar in Mettur at about 1 pm yesterday. According to the sources about 9 adults, 5 children, including one 11 month old baby, from Karungakaradu block located behind Plant III were taken to the General Hospital after being exposed to […]
Cuddalore, 30 January 2010: Four contract workers were injured in an acid leak at the Chemplast Sanmar PVC plant in Cuddalore. According to sources, the accident took place inside the factory due to a leak in the sulphuric acid pump at about 11.20 pm on 24th January 2010. While 3 workers were given first aid […]