Cuddalore, 25 March 2009: The fishermen fishing early in the morning in the river Uppanar reported red effluent near Kudikadu village today. According to the local fishermen they entered the water at about 3 am and suffered from severe itching on the skin after coming to contact with the water. This prompted them to […]
20 March 2009 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: Collector Rajendra Ratnoo has called upon chemical units in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here to create awareness among residents in the vicinity of disaster preparedness and management. Mr. Ratnoo spoke at a review meeting held here on Thursday. He said that during natural disasters […]
Mettur, 13 March 2009: A leak of chlorine and antimony gas from Chemplast Sanmar Plant 1 at 3.30 a.m on 11 March has been reported by local sources. There are no reports of any damage caused outside the factory premises, as there were no villagers at the main road owing to the time of the […]
G Rajasekaran Epress Buzz 13 Mar 2009 ISTSALEM: Environmental activists here allege that the lives of people could be endangered after the discharge of concentrated hydrochloric acid (HCL) into the Cauvery River by a lorry on Wednesday night. A citizen watchdog group caught the act red-handed and took up the matter with the Tamil Nadu […]
Cuddalore, 7 March 2009: In an yet another violation in SIPCOT, local villagers reported trial runs without permissions in Chemplast Sanmar PVC plants from 25th to 27th February. According to the sources villagers found out that the unit had no permission when they placed an enquiry with the TNPCB after noticing thick black smoke from […]
Mettur, 12 March 2009: A tanker carrying toxic effluents from Chemplast Sanmar was caught on 11 March while discharging its contents into a water-body in Mettur by villagers, and handed over to the Karumalaikoodal Police Station. Chemplast’s four plants in Mettur do not have a license to operate from the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board. Based […]
Special Correspondent The Hindu, 10 March 2009 No harm in berthing: company CUDDALORE: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has voiced its apprehension over a Japanese ship carrying vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) berthed at the Cuddalore Port since February 26. District secretary of the CPI (M) S.Dhanasekaran in a statement here stated […]