Cuddalore, 7 March 2009: In an yet another violation in SIPCOT, local villagers reported trial runs without permissions in Chemplast Sanmar PVC plants from 25th to 27th February. According to the sources villagers found out that the unit had no permission when they placed an enquiry with the TNPCB after noticing thick black smoke from […]
Mettur, 12 March 2009: A tanker carrying toxic effluents from Chemplast Sanmar was caught on 11 March while discharging its contents into a water-body in Mettur by villagers, and handed over to the Karumalaikoodal Police Station. Chemplast’s four plants in Mettur do not have a license to operate from the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board. Based […]
Special Correspondent The Hindu, 10 March 2009 No harm in berthing: company CUDDALORE: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has voiced its apprehension over a Japanese ship carrying vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) berthed at the Cuddalore Port since February 26. District secretary of the CPI (M) S.Dhanasekaran in a statement here stated […]
Cuddalore, 16 February 2009: SACEM monitors caught Victory Chemicals openly burning its hazardous waste within its compound today. According to SACEM monitors Victory was burning its waste openly in the morning. The monitors saw smoke emanating from behind the factory (on the banks of Uppanar) where its waste is usually piled up. They immediately alerted […]
Cuddalore 5 March 2009: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has initiated yet another study of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in SIPCOT Cuddalore from 2nd March 2009. The local villagers are reporting a sharp decline in the chemical odours from the SIPCOT units since the study, alleging that the units are not operating at […]
3 March 2009 N. Anand The Hindu CHENNAI: The Union government has given its nod for the extension of the Chennai-Bangalore Industrial Corridor up to Cuddalore, an official of the State Industrial Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) said. “What was started as an experimental industrial corridor from Chennai to Hosur has assumed […]
21 February, 2009, Mettur Dam One worker – P. Thangaraj (23 years) of Anaipallam hamlet — had to have his left leg amputated after a massive explosion at Chemplast’s Metkem Silicon plant in Mettur Dam crushed the victims limb. The explosion which was heard at around 2.30 p.m. on 21 February is the latest in […]