PRESS RELEASE by LONDON MINING NETWORK 15.00 hrs, Thursday 24 September 2009: NO EMBARGO Thirty one workers have so far been confirmed dead, following a major disaster on Wednesday afternoon at the operations of UK-listed Vedanta Resources plc, in the north eastern Indian of Chhattisgarh. Others were injured, and the final death toll may reach […]
2 October 2009, Salem: The Deputy Director of Health Services, Salem, has pressed criminal charges against some of the 20 villagers affected by pollution from Chemplast Sanmar’s chemical plant in Mettur who met him on 1 October in his office to question him about the unscientific and biased community health study conducted by the Government […]
Mettur Villagers expose bias in health study 2 October 2009, Salem: The Deputy Director of Health Services, Salem, has pressed criminal charges against some of the 20 villagers affected by pollution from Chemplast Sanmar’s chemical plant in Mettur who met him on 1 October in his office to question him about the unscientific and biased […]
Mettur, 20 September 2009: A wall that was under construction in Chemplast Sanmar Plant 3 gave way causing a contract worker to jump off the wall and suffer a spinal injury. The accident which happened at 5.30 p.m. on 19 September is the fourth such mishap at Chemplast Sanmar’s controversial thermal power plant. The 6 […]
Presentation on Alternatives to Elevated Expressways in Chennai City. August 30, 2009. By K. P. Subramanian, Traffic Engineer, Chennai, at seminar organised by Save Chennai Beaches Campaign. PDF version Powerpoint version Presentation on the Elevated Expressway along Chennai’s coasts, and the High Speed Circular Corridor along Adyar […]
Villagers Confront Chemplast on Illegal Trial Runs Mettur, 8 September, 2009 — About 15 villagers from the vicinity of the Chemplast factory in Mettur gathered in front of the factory to ask them to cease testing of the steam lines of their new thermal power plant until proper permission is obtained from the Tamilnadu Pollution […]
Illegal construction begins at a toxic waste landfill site Gummidipoondi, 9 January, 2006 — In total violation of siting guidelines, local Government laws and the concerns of local residents, Tamilnadu Waste Management Ltd, a subsidiary of Hyderabad-based waste company Ramky Associates, has erected an electric fence around its site, and commenced excavation works. Local reports […]