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 […]
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 […]
Cuddalore, 24 January 2008: The Cuddalore police released the seized truck containing suspected chemical waste at about 11.30 pm last night without any proper verification. Yesterday TNPCB and the District Administration had taken samples of the chemicals to verify the claims of the company that it was aldehyde, a raw material for their Pondicherry […]
Cuddalore, 27 December 2007: Pondicherry Alum and Asian Paints were caught red handed releasing illegal effluents in two separate incidents in SIPCOT Cuddalore. On 25 December brick colour effluent was released from Pondicherry Alum unit into a neighbouring canal. The pool of effluent collected in the agricultural land in the western side of the unit […]
Cuddalore, 16 October 2007: Fishermen in SIPCOT area caught effluent seeping out of Pioneer Miyagi into Uppanar early morning on 11th October 2007. According to the local fishermen, they saw white foam on the river water behind Pioneer indicating pollution on the morning at about 7 am. While investigating the source of pollution the fishermen […]
Cuddalore, 17 May 2007: Pioneer Miyagi once again began to reclaim river Uppanar land exactly one month after it was forced to stop this activity by the District Collector and the officials of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). Pioneer began this land reclamation in violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone Management rules on 17 […]
Cuddalore, 10 May 2007: Sangolikuppam residents blocked the Pioneer Miayagi gates on 9th May, Wednesday afternoon in protest after an incident of effluent leak from CUSECS 2 pipeline. The effluent leak took place at about 7 am on Wednesday when the CUSECS 2 pipeline joining the CUSECS 3 pipe broke near Pilukutthuvaikal in Sangolikuppam village. […]