Apr 30, 2011 Times of India Chennai: Environmental activists are protesting against the lifting of the moratorium on setting up of new industrial units in Cuddalore, rated as one of the most polluted industrial clusters in India. Claiming that violations were still taking place, the SIPCOT Community Environmental Monitoring (SACEM), an NGO, on Friday […]
PRESS RELEASE Download this release in Adobe pdf format Chennai, 29 April 2011: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has fraudulently calculated the pollution index of SIPCOT Cuddalore to lift the moratorium on new industries imposed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in January 2010, according to a report titled “A Critique of […]
28 April 2011 The Hindu Special Correspondent CUDDALORE: Residents of Eachankadu and Kudikadu on Wednesday staged a demonstration in front of the Collectorate here urging the authorities to shift polluting units elsewhere from SIPCOT Industrial Estate. They were led by Senthil Kumar, district secretary of Manitha Urimai Padhukappu Maiyam. The protestors said that unmindful […]
Cuddalore, 25 April 2011: Attempts to reopen Shasun Chemicals were stopped by the protests of angry villagers in Kudikadu panchayat in SIPCOT Cuddalore. Noticing activities in the factory in the night of 22 April about fifty villagers blocked the gates of the factory on the morning of 23 April. The villagers demanded stop work at […]
21 April 2011 The Hindu Photo: S. James Alarming trend: Civil society experience in some places seems to suggest that disturbing levels of pollution are still being witnessed. The India Pollution Map, a website project at the Centre for Development Finance (CDF), has tracked the government pollution monitoring regime and has mapped aspects […]
Cuddalore, 25 August 2010: Protesting the discharge of effluents through the storm water drains by the SIPCOT units, more than 100 residents of SIPCOT Cuddalore blocked the National Highway (NH) 45A today. The villagers were forced to take this step after the effluent discharge contaminated the village canal in Sangolikuppam village of SIPCOT. According to […]
New Delhi, April 01, 2011 Chetan Chauhan Hindustan Times Industries in the country’s 43 worst polluted areas will now have mandatory third party monitoring. Till now the pollution levels were being monitored by state pollution control boards and there were allegations of corruption to indicate that everything was fine. Third party monitoring has […]