Hindu Sunday Online edition of India’s National Newspaper Sunday, Dec 05, 2004 NITHYANAND JAYARAMAN A Bhopal in the making? The 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster may have passed on December 3, but it shouldn’t make us forget the emergence of potential Bhopals, says MURALI N. KRISHNASWAMY, focussing on the `SIPCOT story’ in Cuddalore. How […]
News India October 07, 2004 Chennai: The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Waste has made it very clear that the defaulting hazardous waste industries in the state will have to either clean up or shut down. In a report submitted to the State government and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board after its visit to […]
News India Friday October 8 2004 CHENNAI: In a major crack-down on polluting industries, the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) on hazardous waste has directed the multi-national Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) to clean up the mercury contamination in the tourist town of Kodaikanal at an estimated cost of Rs 50 crore. After visiting HLL’s thermometer […]
Kerala News September 22, 2004 India News, Chennai, Sep 22 (IANS) Villagers around an industrial estate in Tamil Nadu are inhaling “extremely high” levels of at least 22 toxic chemicals, says a report from a community environment monitoring agency. The area around the Small Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) that houses several industries […]
New Wind Press September 25, 2004 KOCHI: Nine years ago, when the refinery Unocal at Rodeo, California sprouted a hazardous chemical leak, the local community was put in the dark. They did not have a clue as to what it was and how to take the company to task. “It was like a giant aerosol […]
January 12, 2005 The Rediff Special/Amit Varma in Cuddalore One by one we pass through villages of smell. We are in the Cuddalore district, going through an industrial area known as the Sipcot region. And different parts of this area are neatly segregated by smell. We begin with burnt cabbage, move on to a strong […]
By Our Staff Reporter The Hindu. October 15, 2004 CHENNAI, OCT. 14, While welcoming the report of the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC) on hazardous waste management in Tamil Nadu, environmental groups have reacted sharply to its recommendation to do away with public hearings on construction of waste disposal facilities within industrial estates. The recommendation, […]