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‘Merchant power plants’ given four years for commissioning

17 September 2007 T. Ramakrishnan The Hindu Two plants have been proposed in Tuticorin district ——————————————————————————– One each is likely to come up in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts   All of them will be coal-based thermal power plants ——————————————————————————–   CHENNAI: Four 6,000-megawatt (MW) projects, proposed for the first time in the State as “merchant […]

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Villagers attempt to attack Cuddalore Collector Web: newKerala.com Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, Sep 7: About 1,500 agitated villagers of Tegavalli, near here, today attempted to attack Cuddalore district Collector Rajendra Rathnoo at a meeting convened to elicit public opinion regarding the proposed 1,320 MW hydro-electric power plant in the […]

Massive opposition to the Cuddalore Power Project; more than 1500 villagers protest at the public hearing

Cuddalore, 8 September 2007: More than 1500 villagers from Thiyagavalli and Kudikadu panchayats protested against the proposal to set up a 1320 MW coal fired thermal power plant by Cuddalore Power Corporation Ltd at a public hearing held at Cuddalore yesterday. Villagers demanding immediate rejection of the project shouted slogans at the hearing and later […]

SIPCOT units flouting pollution control norms

20 August 2007 Special Correspondent The Hindu   Effluents being discharged in a crude manner, posing health hazards, ecological problems   Companies transporting effluents by tankers to be disposed of at isolated places: committee     Official inspection: State Legislative Assurance Committee members at the effluent treatment plant at SIPCOT Industrial Estate in Cuddalore on […]

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