Cuddalore, 15 February 2007: Twenty school children fainted in the Eachangadu school at SIPCOT on Monday after they inhaled noxious emissions from SPIC Pharma. The incident occurred at about 11:30 am in the morning when a very strong rotten eggs odour was noticed from SPIC. According to the Eachangadu villagers within minutes of noticing the […]
Nity reports from Chengalpattu, 11 February, 7:00 am: We covered a distance of about 70 km yesterday from Tindivanam to Chengalpettu. The first half of the journey was very pleasant as the weather was nice. We took a lot of breaks on the way. Read more… Cycle tour leaves for Chengalpettu Nity reports […]
Cuddalore, 19 January 2007: Fishermen in Uppanar have reported increased incidents of catching fishes with diseases. In the early hours today, fishermen from Sangolikuppam, D. Govindraju and S. Pugazendhi, noticed at least 3 fishes of a local variety ‘Madava’ with burnt skin and peeled scales near tail and gills. They were fishing near the canal […]
Update Day2: 29 November 2006, morning from Puduchatram From Nity: We set off for our next destination to Cuddalore New Town at 7:30 am half hour past the scheduled time. Some of us were up at 4 am to fulfil the morning duties while others not so keen on attnending the call woke up at […]
The inauguration of the 1000 Bhopals exhibition at Lalit Kala Akademy was a great success. We had Ms. K. Kanimozhi, renowned poetess and daughter of Tamilnadu Chief Minister Mr. K. Karunanidhi inaugurate the exhibition. We introduced her to the issue and updated her about the situation in Bhopal and also explained to her the situation […]
Chennai. 4 December, 2006 — Organisers of the Cuddalore to Chennai environmental awareness cycle tour have suspended the tour after one of the cyclists died in an untoward incident near Tindivanam on 30 November, 2006. K. Gurubalan, a student of Loyola College, who was part of the youth team that cycled in solidarity with the […]
Chennai November 29, 2006 – Renowned poet Ms. Kanimozhi launched the ‘1000 Bhopals’ photo exhibition at the Lalit Kala Akademy today. The exhibition that displayed images from various toxic hotspots across India is part of the week long activities organized by the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal as a lead up to […]