PRESS RELEASE 23 March, 2010. CHENNAI An environmental public hearing about the continued dumping and processing of municipal waste in Pallikaranai marshlands was pushed through despite glaring procedural errors, lack of statutory documents such as summary of the EIA, and a lack of opportunity for residents of the area to adequately air their […]
9 March, 2010 Express News Service CHENNAI: Environmental organisations and activists have called for an inquiry into the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), based on RTI documents that indicate their alleged collusion with Hindustan Unilever in downgrading remediation standards for mercury contaminated sites in Kodaikanal. “TNPCB […]
9 March, 2010 Deccan Chronicle CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Alliance against Mercury (TAAM), a coalition of Kodaikanal residents and organisations that is fighting against the mercury dumping in the hill station made a serious allegation at a press meet here on Monday. It charged the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and Tamil Nadu Pollution […]
Special Correspondent The Hindu, 9 March 2010 Move provokes outcry from residents of Kodaikanal ——————————————————————————– “More than 100 kg of mercury will still be left in the soil” “This is a test case that will set precedents for safe levels of mercury” ——————————————————————————– CHENNAI: Clean-up standards for toxic mercury leaked by Hindustan Unilever into the […]
21 February 2010 A.V. Ragunathan (Special Correspondent) The Hindu Killai Town Panchayat has passed a resolution CUDDALORE: The Killai Town Panchayat, in which the Pichavaram mangrove forests are located, has taken concerted efforts to protect ecology by totally banning plastic usage both on the land and offshore. Pichavaram that boasts of having the second largest […]
8 February 2010 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: In a public hearing held on Friday, a demand was made to employ local people in the proposed 3,600-MW private power project to be set up in Pudhukuppam coastal village in Parangipettai block. Collector P. Seetharaman and officials of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board […]
2 February 2010 A.V.Ragunathan The Hindu Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy Sad sight: Dead fishes, swollen and deformed with rashes all over body, were washed ashore in Cuddalore on Tuesday. CUDDALORE: The six-km coastal stretch from Chithiraipettai to Rasapettai, near here, was found littered with dead fishes on Monday evening. Strong odour from the […]