Cuddalore, 3 June 2008: Contract workers of Pioneer Miyagi Chemicals have threatened to go on a strike and a road blockade if their demands of permanency, better working conditions and proper disposal of effluents from the unit are not met soon. Issuing a notice to this effect on 20th May 2008, the workers said that […]
May 16, 2008 By Aquene Freechild Environmental Health Fund Alternet.org Over time, our bodies lose their ability to cope with toxic chemicals, and each exposure has a more severe effect. I don’t know how anyone survives there. My first visit to the SIPCOT Chemicals Hub in Cuddalore, India could have appeared deceptively […]
14 May 2008 A.V.Ragunathan The Hindu Environmentalists flay “single window clearance” concept ——————————————————————————– Industrial proposals are being cleared within 30 days under the system Chemical units on the coast, in the event of floods and tsunami, will cause havoc CUDDALORE: Environmental activists, ecologists and consumer organisations have raised their voice against the […]
13 May 2008 Special Correspondent The Hindu CUDDALORE: Environmental activists, ecologists and consumer organisations have voiced their concern over the “single window clearance” concept for sanctioning industries, particularly in coastal areas. A host of such issues were discussed at the meeting of representatives of the coastal community and self-help groups, convened here recently […]
Cuddalore, 3 May 2005: Murugavel, a contract worker from Chennai at SPIC Pharma died after meeting with an accident inside the factory yesterday. According to the sources Murugavel was engaged in the activity of smoke stack removal when the accident took place. He fell on one of the metal rods from the stack that […]
08 May 2008, Chennai/Salem: The Environment Appellate Authority on 6 May, 2008, dismissed Chemplast Sanmar’s appeal and ordered the company to stop all construction and operation at the controversial coal-fired thermal power plant in Mettur. The Authority upheld an earlier order of the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) directing the company to stop […]
Cuddalore, April 17, 2008: The Public Works Department (PWD) has cancelled the permission granted to Chemplast Sanmar’s PVC Plant at SIPCOT Cuddalore for laying a pipeline to convey Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) across Uppanar River. The permission was cancelled in March 2008 after the department learnt that VCM was a toxic chemical capable of […]