Cuddalore, 14 March 2007: Acting upon the constant complaints of local fishermen and SACEM the TNPCB finally conducted a river patrol to check the river water quality and the illegal sources of effluent discharges into the river. The patrol started at 6 am today from Thaikal at North of SIPCOT and went on for about […]
Chennai, 17 March, 2007: The Madras High Court today while hearing a Writ Petition filed by S. Elumalai and V. Palanivelu challenging the consent to establish granted to the Chemplast Sanmar by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, declined to stay the consent order but made it very clear that the fate of the construction […]
Sunday, March 18 2007 NEW INDIAN EXPRESS SALEM: The Centre will set up 100 textile parks nationwide, including 20 in Tamil Nadu in the financial year 2007-08, Union Minister of State for Textiles E V K S Elangovan has said. Speaking at a seminar on “Current industrial trends in garment production” organised by Sona […]
Sunday, March 11 2007 New Indian Express CUDDALORE: As many as 100 farmers observed a one-day fast here on Saturday protesting against a move to set up a private thermal power station in Nochikadu village. The farmers harboured the fear that the livelihood of people residing in more than 20 hamlets around the […]
Cuddalore, 5 March 2007: Tired of government’s inability to stop river pollution SACEM monitors and SIPCOT residents conducted an all-night river vigil on Uppanar yesterday to monitor illegal discharges. The vigil team included all SACEM monitors and two SIPCOT residents who conducted the vigil from 9:30 pm on 4th March 2007 to 5:30 am on […]
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 ANUPAMA AIRY The Financial Express NEW DELHI, FEB 26: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will enter into an agreement with Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Limited (NOCL) for upliftment and marketing of petroleum products from the latter’s upcoming 6 million tonnes per annum refinery at Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu. The agreement has been finalised […]
Cuddalore, 26 February 2007: A SIPCOT resident caught Pioneer Miyagi illegally discharging effluents in the river Uppanar at about 12:30 am today. According to the resident a very large quantity of effluent was being released into the river from Pioneer bypassing the CUSECS pipeline which is the normal way of effluent discharge for the unit. […]