16 December 2007 Special Correspondent The Hindu CHENNAI: Steps are on to acquire 1,450 acres of land for the proposed Cuddalore thermal power project, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) has said. In an official release here on Saturday, the Board said as per the Central Electricity Authority norms 1.1 acre of land for […]
12 December 2007 Special Correspondent The Hindu, “Power project will affect Thiagavalli panchayat” CUDDALORE: Disputing the contention of Electricity Minister Arcot N.Veeraswami, Panruti MLA T.Velmurugan (PMK) has said that Thiagavalli panchayat is richly endowed with herbs, coconut, palm and casuarina groves, besides growing paddy and groundnut. Mr. Velmurugan told presspersons that the […]
10 December 2007 The Hindu Cuddalore (TN) (PTI): PMK, an ally of the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, on Monday asked the state government to give up the proposal to set up the Rs 6,000 crore private thermal power plant in Nochikaddu near here, as it would affect agricultural lands in an area of 60 […]
Mon, 10 Dec, 2007 News Today Bureau PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss on Monday charged there were undeclared power cuts in Tamilnadu engulfing parts of the state in darkness. Further, he urged the Chief Minister to pull up the Electricity Minister Arcot N Veerasami for not owning responsibility for the power crisis. Talking […]
December 7, 2007 The Hindu Salem (PTI): Five persons were hospitalised and a number of others fell sick, complaining of nausea and eye irritation after chlorine gas leaked from a caustic soda plant at Rettaipuliyamaruthur near Mettur dam on Friday, police said. Hospital authorities in Mettur near here confirmed that five persons were admitted […]
8 December 2007 Staff Reporter The Hindu METTUR: Nine persons swooned following a gas leakage from a chemical plant here on Friday morning. The police said all of them were admitted to the Mettur District Headquarters hospital, of whom, two were discharged immediately after first aid. Hospital sources said that the condition of […]
PRESS RELEASE Download this release in Adobe pdf format 7 December, 2007, CHENNAI – A major leak of chlorine gas from Chemplast Sanmar’s chloralkali plant in Mettur caused panic among workers and general public in the main road opposite the factory gate. According to Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board, the chlorine gas leak was caused […]