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Cuddalore Illegal discharge of effluent reported from SIPCOT area Cuddalore, September 15, 2017: SACEM monitors have reported illegal effluent discharge from Superchem (formerly known as Tamilnadu Pigments) into the storm water drainage canal in SIPCOT Area. Read more…   Illegal discharge of effluent into the river uppanar, leaves residents worried Cuddalore, 17 June 2017: Residents […]

Sagarmala project will hurt fishers

JULY 28, 2017 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Hindu Red-flagging:The pollution problem in SIPCOT, Cuddalore, is cited as an example of the ill-effects of industrialisation.   Activists fear industrialisation along the coast would pose a threat to their livelihood and climate   TAMIL NADU: The traditional livelihood of fisher people and the coastal communities living within the […]

Govt in talks to revise policy on petroleum industrial regions

July 29, 2017 Vinay Umarji Business Standard Govt urged the petrochemicals industry to focus on effective recycling, management of plastic waste Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Gandhinagar: With some of the petrochemical industrial regions such as Paradip and Tamil Nadu not generating expected results unlike Dahej in Gujarat, the Government of India is in discussions […]

Centre considering changes in PCPIR policy

July 30, 2017 By Express News Service The Centre had approved the setting up of four PCPIRs in states of Andhra Pradesh (Vishakhapatanam-Kakinada), Gujarat (Dahej), Odisha (Paradeep) and Tamil Nadu (Cuddalore-Nagapattinam).   Gandhinagar: Petrochemicals a commodity of the poor, says Dharmendra PradhanPetrochemicals a commodity of the poor, says Dharmendra Pradhan. The centre is contemplating changes […]

Petrochem project will lead to mass migration

JULY 30, 2017 STAFF REPORTER The Hindu CHENNAI: Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) president Thol. Thirumavalavan on Saturday said that his party would seek public views in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts with regard to the creation of the Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR).   In a statement, the VCK leader urged the State government […]

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