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3 industrial projects launched

3 July 2008 Special Correspondent The Hindu   A petroleum refinery plant, a port, a ship building yard coming up near Cuddalore   CHENNAI: Work on three industrial projects costing Rs. 7,290 crore got under way on Wednesday with Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi laying the foundation stone for the projects at the Secretariat.   A […]

Tantech Spews Odourous Emissions Again

Cuddalore, 1 July 2008: Residents of Eachangadu have once again complained about noxious odourous emissions from Tantech Agro Chemicals that chokes their village regularly. According the SACEM monitors the latest incident of such emissions have occurred at 10 am on 30 June 2008. The monitors noticed a thick plume of smoke accompanied with strong chemical […]

Pioneer’s New Plant Spews Out Toxic Smoke Regularly; No Action Taken by TNPCB

  Cuddalore, 6 July 2008: Residents of Semmankuppam village have constantly complained of thick white smoke from the new unit of Pioneer Jelice Ltd. Residents complain that since the unit has been commissioned last year there have been regular incidents of thick white smoke emissions accompanied with strong rotten dead body odour. Residents mention that […]

VILLAGE TURNS WASTELAND – Residents Of Eachangadu In The SIPCOT Industrial Estate In Cuddalore Are 2,000 Times More Prone To Cancer, Says A NEERI Report

25 June 2008 Priya M Menon Times of India   Cuddalore: Banu might be living in a village close to the sea, but she can’t remember the last time she breathed fresh air. “Our children do not know what clean air is,” says the 39-yearold resident of Eachangadu village in Cuddalore. Banu and the few […]

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