COMMNUMITY ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 42A, 5th AVENUE, BESANT NAGAR, CHENNAI – 600090, INDIA Chennai April 9, 2007 – Renowned Tamil contemporary poet and theatre artist Tamizhacchi launched the ‘1000 Bhopals’ photo exhibition at the Alliance Francaise today. The exhibition that displayed images from various toxic hotspots across India especially Tamil Nadu is part of a […]
Cuddalore, 30 March 2007: Two fishermen, including SACEM monitor, reported skin irritation after entering the river Uppanar today morning. S Pugazendhi and his partner T. Govindraju reported these symptoms after they entered the river behind Eachangadu village between SPIC and CUSECS 5 at about 4:30 am for fishing. They also reported a black oily layer […]
Cuddalore, 29 March 2007: A leak in the effluent pipeline from CUSECS II to CUSECS III was reported from SIPCOT Cuddalore today. the leak was reported from area behind Puthu Koil in Periya Karaikadu at about 10:30 am. Huge quantity of effluent smelling of rotten dead body was reported to heave leaked and spread on […]
Cuddalore, 23 March 2007: An industrial accident in Pioneer Miyagi left three workers at the unit injured today. According to the sources the workers were engaged in constructing the boiler unit when one of the chain pulley broke injuring the workers. Two workers sustained minor injuries and were hospitalised in a local private hospital while […]
Cuddalore, 26 February 2007: A SIPCOT resident caught Pioneer Miyagi illegally discharging effluents in the river Uppanar at about 12:30 am today. According to the resident a very large quantity of effluent was being released into the river from Pioneer bypassing the CUSECS pipeline which is the normal way of effluent discharge for the unit. […]
Cuddalore, 16 February 2007: Fishermen in river Uppanar have once again complained about the pollution in the river and have taken a sample of the river water for TNPCB to analyze the contents and inform them about the problem. According to T. Govindraju and S. Pugazendhi of Sangolikuppam village the water quality in the river […]
Cuddalore, 15 February 2007: In an another incident that occurred on Monday, 12 February the commuters on the Cuddalore-Chidambaram highway got gassed by the emissions of SPIC Pharma. The incident occurred at about 5:15 pm when about 50 people heading towards Cuddalore Old Town from Perangipettai in a state transport bus reported symptoms of […]