10 February 2008 Mettur: An underground effluent pipeline suspected to be from Chemplast Sanmar was accidentally broken while laying foundation for a new railway station adjacent to the old one in RS, Mettur, in the firs week of February. The railway station is situated 100 feet away from Plant 1 of Chemplast Sanmar Ltd. On […]
PRESS RELEASE New Delhi, 5th February, 2008: Thirteen national labour and labour support groups (1) today released a dossier titled A Fox in the Hen House: Made-to-order science and India’s asbestos policy that exposes how the Ministry of Chemicals, acting in collusion with the asbestos industry, is manufacturing science to back its pre-determined position to […]
Mettur, 05, February, 2008 – A massive fish kill of tilapia and an eel-like freshwater fish was reported down stream of Chemplast Sanmar’s effluent discharge point in the River Kaveri on 3rd February. The fish kill occurred in a natural rock pool called Sunambu Kuttai, about 100 meters downstream of Chemplast’s discharge point in the […]
Mettur, 30 January, 2008 A contract worker Prithviraj, age 25 yrs, died on the way to the hospital after being severely injured in an accident during the construction of the thermal power plant in Chemplast Sanmar, Mettur. The accident took place on 28 January 2008 at about noon. According to the reports another worker has […]
4 Feb 2008 The Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston CHENNAI: Fetid smell, toxic fumes and plagues of mosquitoes continue to bother residents around Kodungaiyur dump yard. Eight years on from the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules 2000, the facility breaks every rule therein. Despite repeated announcements by successive governments and budget allocations to […]
4 Feb 2008 The Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston CHENNAI: Anyone walking the lunar landscape behind the well-constructed but incomplete wall could testify to the near medieval methods of waste disposal practised at the Kodungaiyur dump yard. Vegetable scraps mix with plastic bottles, batteries and old tyres. Hospital refuse including needles, syringes, used bandages, gloves, rejected […]
Cuddalore, 29 January 2008: Residents of Semmankuppam village yesterday caught Pioneer Miyagi discharging effluents into the river Uppanar once again. According to the information the Semmankuppam president Mr. Ramalingam, vice president Mr. Armugham and about ten other villagers noticed effluent seeping from the northern wall of Pioneer compound on 27 January around midnight. The […]