Cuddalore 12 June 2006: All the effluent collection stations of CUSECS in SIPCOT Cuddalore were shut down today by striking workers who were demanding compensation for the death of their co-worker. 33 year old Kathavarayan. Kathavarayan, a worker in CUSECS IV, succumbed to leukemia last evening after a futile fight against the disease for more […]
Cuddalore, 23 June 2006: CUSECS workers have succeeded in winning 6 out of 12 demands after a meeting with SIPCOT officials held in the presence of the District Revenue Officer to resolve a strike launched by the workers following the death of their coworker K. Kathavarayan due to cancer. CUSECS workers say the unsafe working […]
Special Correspondent THE HINDU June 21, 2006 “Units constructing illegal buildings” Untreated effluents from units released into the Uppanar Official appeals to TNPCB to post an assistant engineer permanently Automatic equipment should be set up to monitor pollution level round the clock CUDDALORE: Cuddalore District Consumer Protection Organisation general secretary M. Nizamuddin called for the […]
NEW INDIAN EXPRESS Tuesday, June 20 2006 CUDDALORE: The Cuddalore District Consumer Protection Organisation (CDCPO) has sought the setting up of a high-tech computerised pollution monitoring centre at the State Industrial Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) premises here. In a memorandum to the chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, the organisation stated […]
News Release WHO/32 World Health Organization 16 June 2006 16 JUNE 2006, GENEVA — As much as 24% of global disease is caused by environmental exposures which can be averted. Well-targeted interventions can prevent much of this environmental risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) demonstrates in a report issued today. The report further estimates that […]
Chennai, 10 June 2006: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board yesterday passed an order banning dumping of garbage and discharge of sewage into the unique and highly sensitive Pallikarnai marshlands. The order comes just a few days after the release of an ambient air quality report by Community Environmental Monitoring (CEM). More than 1000 tonnes […]
New Indian Express Tuesday June 13 2006 CUDDALORE: The death of a worker at the common effluent treatment plant (CUSECS) in SIPCOT industrial estate triggered a flash strike by contract labourers here on Monday. The sudden move caused panic among industrial units as untreated effluents started overflowing from the plant. Sources said the firms that […]