Cuddalore, 21 September 2006: A leak in the effluent pipeline of Arkema Peroxide to CUSECS pump no 2 was reported at about 7:45 am today. According to the SACEM monitors, the leak was detected on the pipeline near a mini sump before CUSECS 2. Though a substantial quantity of water had leaked the monitors reported […]
Cuddalore, 17 September 2006: About 800 villagers, mostly women from SIPCOT villages, organized a salai marial (road blockade) of the National Highway passing through the industrial estate, less than a day after learning that the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board had issued “Consent for Establish” to Chemplast Sanmar to set up a 140,000 tons per annum […]
Chennai, 31 August, 2006 — The Madras High Court today ordered M/S Pioneer Miyagi to stop construction of a new plant within its existing premises in SIPCOT, Cuddalore, after verifying with the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) that no permission had been granted for establishing the industry. Granting the injunction on construction, the High Court […]
Cuddalore, 4 September 2006: The TNPCB today shut down SPIC Pharma for not following its orders. According to the PCB the unit did not have its Effluent Treatment Plant as per the PCB standard, did not manage its mycelium waste properly, did not provide for a VOC analyzer and had not put up a digital […]
Cuddalore, 19 August, 2006 Cocking a snook at the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board, the Factories Inspectorate and the District Collector, bone meal manufacturer Pioneer Miyagi Ltd resumed illegal construction of a new factory secure in the knowledge that no authority will intervene. The company does not have a consent to establish from the Tamilnadu Pollution […]
Cuddalore, 3 August 2006: Third pollution patrol was conducted before the TNPCB SAECM joint patrolling and the observations showed that the pollution levels were extremely high in SIPCOT. The odour levels from some units were recorded at 8 on a scale of 10. Download the report in Adobe pdf format for printing Read the […]
Cuddalore, 3 August 2006: A second pollution patrol was conducted as a record to monitor the pollution and to check to see if the pollution actually comes down on August 4 when the TNPCB has planned its joint patrol with SACEM. Despite the constant shifty wind and the wind direction mostly towards the river, the […]