24 October 2008 Staff Reporter THE HINDU Tirupur: A public hearing conducted by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board here on Thursday to elicit views of the public on the establishment of 12 Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) and upgrading of eight existing CETPs here, being carried out at about Rs. 700 crore, witnessed […]
Cuddalore, 22 October 2008: Tantech Agro Chemicals is back at its act of poisoning the SIPCOT Area while the TNPCB is mutely watching from the sidelines. Tantech’s closure order was revoked on October 4 this year on the condition that it should ensure that all the consent conditions are implemented by 2nd December 2008 […]
Industry-specific emission standards Environmental Standards The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has developed National Standards for Effluents and Emission under the statutory powers of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. These standards have been approved and notified by the Government of […]
Industry-specific emission standards Environmental Standards The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has developed National Standards for Effluents and Emission under the statutory powers of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. These standards have been approved and notified by the Government of […]
10/7/2008 by RTT Staff Writer RTTNews Cuddalore: Mumbai- based SRM Energy, a Spice Energy group company is planning to set up 1,800 MW to 2,000 MW coal based thermal power plant in Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu, Business Standard reported Tuesday. The company is expected to invest around Rs.9,200 crore in the project. […]
29 Sep 2008 Express News Service SALEM: Five persons were admitted in Mettur GH following a gas leak at plant one of the Chemplast Sanmar Limited at Mettur on Sunday. Residents in the two km area surrounding the factory site were reportedly affected. According to eyewitnesses, a white smoke started emanating from the […]
Mettur, 28 September 2008: There was a massive gas leak of HCFC 22 (Hydrogenated Chloroflouro Carbon 22) from Chemplast Plant I, manufacturing Chloroflouro Carbons this evening at 5.30 p.m. The leak lasted more than an hour. People experienced severe nose and eyes burning, and a bitter, bilious taste in their mouths, inducing them to spit […]