March 28, 2005 Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has entered into an agreement with Shasun for joint development, filing and marketing of 12 generic drugs for the US market. The product list consists of off-patent and patent protected molecules with cumulative annual sales of $8 billion in the US, Glenmark’s chief executive and managing director Glenn Saldanha said […]
23 March 2005 SACEM noticed and reported another incident of effluent leak in the pipeline that carries the effluents to CUSECS pump 2. The effluent overflow was noticed at about 10:20 am on Monday, March 21, 2005, near Periya Karaikadu. According to the monitors, the effluent was black in colour and had a rotten egg […]
20 March, 2005: Tiruvallur district collectorate today witnessed democracy in action, when more than 350 villagers attended a public hearing to voice their opposition to a hazardous waste facility that was proposed to be set up near their village in Gummidipoondi in North Tamilnadu. People from four villages — B.R. Kandigai, S.R. Kandigai, Pappankuppam and […]
We live in but a small area And yet we feel like a man in an arena. We seem to be facing 19 tigers all at once, Waiting with its tall chimneys ready to pounce. Our livelihood is fishing in the river Uppanar. But those industries were a scar On our beautiful and bountiful […]
Download this factsheet in Adobe pdf format for printing The Industrial Waste Management Association and the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board are pushing ahead with plans to locate a hazardous waste landfill and incinerator in the Export Promotion Industrial Park, Gummidipoondi. The project is proposed to be implemented by Tamilnadu Waste Management Ltd, a consortium […]
Tuesday March 15, 2:35 PM By Indo-Asian News Service Chennai, A village near Chennai is up in arms against a state government plan to dump hazardous waste from about 400 industrial units. The Tamil Nadu government’s plan to set up a waste landfill site in Gummidipoondi village in the northern outskirts of Chennai city, bordering […]
Villagers oppose dumpsite near city reservoir Newindpress Friday March 18 2005 08:30 IST CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB)s move to set up a hazardous waste dumpsite at Gummidipoondi, 15 kms from Poondi, Red Hills and Sholavaram reservoirs, has run into stiff opposition from residents of villages nearby. They fear the dumpsite would […]