Cuddalore, 10 March, 2006 — An explosion in an acid tanker undergoing welding work at a workshop in Cuddalore Old Town killed a driver’s assistant today. According to one unconfirmed report, the tanker was returning after having supplied chemicals from SIPCOT-based Shasun Chemicals to a factory in Pondicherry, when it sprung a leak. The tanker […]
Cuddalore, 11 March, 2006 — Southern Pigments, which was shut down after repeated complaints over a period of 5 months, is reportedly back in action. The company has resumed production using a generator, and is manufacturing Calcium Chloride on contract for TANFAC. On 27 February, 2006, the factory was ordered closed by the TNPCB after […]
Cuddalore, 10 March, 2006 — A casual worker operating a steam boiler in Loyal Superfabrics — an industrial textile manufacturer — was injured after he was exposed to a gust of super-heated steam. D. Sakthivel, aged 23, of Karaikadu village was burnt on one side of his face and his arm. According to one report, “The […]
Cuddalore, 7 March, 2006 — SACEM monitor S. Pugazhenthi reports that Arkema Peroxides is routinely discharging toxic effluents illegally into the River Uppanar. The French multinational has been responsible for several instances of river pollution in the past, where fisherfolk have reported a black, oily deposit on the water. According to Pugazhenthi, “There is a […]
NT Bureau Chennai, Mar 10: Six women Self-Help Groups with over 500 members are planning to intensify their stir against the proposed construction of hazardous waste landfill and incinerator in their village by Tamilnadu Waste Management Limited (TNWML), a subsidiary of Hyderabad- based Ramky Group. Addressing a press conference here yesterday, Lalitamma, head of Roza […]
Cuddalore, 05 March, 2006 – SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors went on their first marine pollution patrol on 4-5 March. During the patrol, they inspected the area off the coast of Chitrapettai village where Chemplast Sanmar’s unloading jetty for VCM tankers is to be set up. Today, SACEM also inspected the point where SIPCOT’s combined […]
Pond’s Hindustan Lever Ltd Ex-Mercury Employees Welfare Association Thiraviyam Complex, Kamarajar Road, Moonjikal, Kodaikanal – 1 March 5 2006, KODAIKANAL — More than 300 people demonstrated today to mark the 5th anniversary of the struggle for environmental clean-up and health rehabilitation against Hindustan Lever Ltd, whose mercury thermometer factory was exposed in 2001 to […]