Cuddalore, 1 July 2008: Residents of Eachangadu have once again complained about noxious odourous emissions from Tantech Agro Chemicals that chokes their village regularly. According the SACEM monitors the latest incident of such emissions have occurred at 10 am on 30 June 2008. The monitors noticed a thick plume of smoke accompanied with strong chemical […]
Cuddalore, 7 July 2008: CUSECS Pipe line from CUSECS II to CUSECS VI was reported to be damaged on 4 July 2008 at about 6 pm. SACEM monitors came to know about the problem when they saw two contract workers repairing the pipeline in Pillukuthu Vaikal (canal). Upon inquiries they found out that the pipeline […]
25 June 2008 Priya M Menon Times of India Cuddalore: Banu might be living in a village close to the sea, but she can’t remember the last time she breathed fresh air. “Our children do not know what clean air is,” says the 39-yearold resident of Eachangadu village in Cuddalore. Banu and the few […]
25 June 2008 Priya M Menon Times of India Cuddalore: The 41 students of the Panchayat Union Elementary School in Eachangadu suffer from persistent headaches, nausea, dizziness and memory loss. Eachangadu, according to the NEERI report, is the worst affected by pollution from the factories in the SIPCOT complex. The school has factories on […]
Cuddalore, 23 June 2008 Pharmaceutical Corporation SPIC’s latest solution to their unmanageable mycelium waste problem is to sell this toxic waste to the farmers in the nearby fields as fertilizers. In the last few days SPIC has sold tonnes of their waste as what the farmers call as “nominal price” to at least ten […]
Cuddalore, 23 June 2008 One sub contract worker was injured in an accident that took place inside the plant construction site of Chemplast Sanmar PVC plant in Cuddalore. According to the sources, eighteen year old K. Parasuraman (son of Krishnamurthy), a resident of nearby Poondiankuppam village, sustained major injuries when he fell off from […]
21 June 2008 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: Environmentalists and consumer activists observed a daylong fast in front of the Collectorate here on Friday, expressing solidarity with the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy. According to M. Nizamudeen, general secretary of the Cuddalore District Consumer Protection Organisation, the families of the affected people set out […]