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India Supreme Court Committee on Hazardous Waste Cracks Down on Polluting Industries in Tamil Nadu Orders monitoring and setting up of standards for toxic gases in SIPCOT Cuddalore

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 […]

SCMC directs HLL to clean up mercury contamination

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 […]

India; Tamil Nadu industrial zone is a ‘toxic hot spot’

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 […]

Another Bhopal in Tamil Nadu?

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 […]

HC notice to TNPSB in air quality case

September 30, 2004 Sun network Online News Chennai – The Madras High Court has issued notices to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, to respond in three weeks to a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu Legal Services Authority, in response to a report on the quality of air in SIPCOT industrial estate at Cuddalore. […]

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