Report From Nity: DAY 1, 11:00 pm The big day today, the tour was flagged off at 11.00 am, though on schedule it was not before we faced our first cycle crisis within 20 meters into the start. We got cycle fixed at Old Town, Cuddalore and carried on. Earlier before the flag off […]
– As reported by Nityanand Jayaraman The day started as usual, two cycles broke down and had to be loaded onto the car and sent to Semankuppam village for repairs. The trip to Semankuppam was excellent we were in time for pamphleteering, it was morning time and people were either at the bus stop […]
Monday, December 4 2006 New Indian Express CUDDALORE: The Tamil Nadu Meenavar Peravai has urged the government not to accord sanction to the establishment of some industries at the SIPCOT industrial estate here. In a memorandum to Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, district president of the association M Suburayan stated that the industries, if established, […]
Cuddalore. 12 December, 2006 — At least 200 representatives from fishing villages in Pondicherry and Cuddalore gathered near the Farmer’s Market in Cuddalore town to hold a Black Flag agitation against Chemplast Sanmar’s PVC factory. Raising slogans against the company, the fisher gathering organised by Liberation Tigers of Fisherfolk condemned the project and demanded the […]
Cuddalore. 7 December, 2006 — Fisherfolk from Sangolikuppam who went fishing in a stream behind Kudikadu in SIPCOT reported severe skin itching and discomfort within minutes after enter the stream early on the morning of 7 December. Despite claims that all effluents are being routed to sea, the industry routinely discharges wastewater into the River […]
Cuddalore, 29 December, 2006: Two supporters from the Seattle and Bay Area chapters of Association for India’s Development in the United States joined SIPCOT monitors on a two-hour long pollution patrol to see first-hand the environmental conditions in SIPCOT, Cuddalore. Vani and Sudarshan Suresh, who visited SIPCOT and neighbouring villages, said they were appalled […]
Cuddalore, 6 January 2007: More than 300 residents of SIPCOT Cuddalore today participated in a rally against Chemplast PVC plant in their area. The residents walked from Sangolikuppam village to Semmankuppam bus stop where they held a public meeting. Mr. Mangaiyar Selvam of Liberation Tigers of Fisherfolk and Mr. Kolathur Mani of Thanthai Periyar Dravida […]