Cuddalore, 22 August 2008: More than 100 residents from SIPCOT villages including Eachangadu, Sonanchavadi and Semmankuppam organized a protest meeting opposite the Collector’s office to express their opposition to Government’s move of setting up new chemical and polluting units in their villages. Citing the poor environmental records, a looming public health crisis and a recent […]
Cuddalore, 20 August 2008: SIPCOT Cuddalore got a surprise visit from a high powered team of Tamil Nadu government including the Industry Secretary M. F. Farooqui, Energy Secretary Smita Nagraj, Chairperson of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) R. Balakrishnan, Member Secretary of TNPCB R. Rmachandran and the District Collector and District Revenue Officer (DRO) […]
20/08/2008 The Hindu CUDDALORE: A high-level official team led by Industry Secretary M.F. Farooqui made a surprise visit to the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here on Sunday to study various issues. Energy Secretary Smita Nagaraj and Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board R. Balakrishnan were part of the team. Primarily, the team […]
Thursday, Aug 14, 2008 The Hindu CUDDALORE: Superintendent of Police Pradip Kumar has clarified that 30 members of the CITU, who had gathered in defiance to the police direction in front of Pioneer Chemicals at SIPCOT Industrial Estate while labour issues were being tackled on Monday, were arrested and released on bail the same […]
Cuddalore, 12 August 2008: The Cuddalore police lathicharged more than 300 workers of CITU Union from Pioneer Miyagi yesterday for blocking the entrance of the unit while on strike. According to the sources this incident took place at about 4 pm yesterday when the workers from the unit and their family members, who have been […]
Monday July 28 2008 NEW INDIAN EXPRESS Express News Service CUDDALORE: More than 300 workers of Pioneer Miyagi Chemicals Ltd, SIPCOT Industrial Estate, Semmankuppam, near here, who are now resorting to an indefinite strike from July 12, have threatened to observe a fast on Tuesday. CITU district president P Karuppaian said the management […]
Saturday July 19 2008 Sudhanshu Malhotra NEW INDIAN EXPRESS Download pdf format of this article told in pictures S Sivaganam, R Vijayalakshmi, Peter Sunderajan, Christopher Coldcraft, Panneer Selvaram, J Sudhakaran, Neelavanan, Ramachandran, P Natrajan, S Palniswamy, Ganna Sundri, G Ruthpriya, C Carmel, Margaret, E Ramesh SelvapandiyanÂ…. They are not just residents of Kodaikanal. They have […]