Cuddalore, 22 August 2008: More than 100 residents from SIPCOT villages including Eachangadu, Sonanchavadi and Semmankuppam organized a protest meeting opposite the Collector’s office to express their opposition to Government’s move of setting up new chemical and polluting units in their villages. Citing the poor environmental records, a looming public health crisis and a recent […]
Cuddalore, 20 August 2008: SIPCOT Cuddalore got a surprise visit from a high powered team of Tamil Nadu government including the Industry Secretary M. F. Farooqui, Energy Secretary Smita Nagraj, Chairperson of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) R. Balakrishnan, Member Secretary of TNPCB R. Rmachandran and the District Collector and District Revenue Officer (DRO) […]
Cuddalore, 12 August 2008: The Cuddalore police lathicharged more than 300 workers of CITU Union from Pioneer Miyagi yesterday for blocking the entrance of the unit while on strike. According to the sources this incident took place at about 4 pm yesterday when the workers from the unit and their family members, who have been […]
Salem, 15 JULY, 2008: Around 50 people, agitated by the lack of transparency and large-scale irregularities in the functioning of the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board, today filed RTI applications at the District Environmental Engineer’s office. TNPCB has consistently treated citizens as trouble makers and enemies, and gone out of its way to support polluters, […]
Cuddalore, 15 July 2008: One contract worker lost his life while another was seriously injured in an accident while the construction of the PVC plant of Chemplast Sanmar in Cuddalore. According to the sources the accident took place at about 4.30 pm on 14 July 2008. The workers were engaged in digging land for the […]
Cuddalore, 15 July 2008: Contract workers of Pioneer Jelice India Pvt. Ltd have gone on an indefinite strike demanding better working conditions, salary and a permanent end of Company’s activity of illegal discharge of untreated effluents. The workers who are being supported by the Central Industrial Trade Union (CITU), went on this indefinite strike since […]
Cuddalore, 7 July 2008: CUSECS Pipe line from CUSECS II to CUSECS VI was reported to be damaged on 4 July 2008 at about 6 pm. SACEM monitors came to know about the problem when they saw two contract workers repairing the pipeline in Pillukuthu Vaikal (canal). Upon inquiries they found out that the pipeline […]