4 November, 2005. by Shweta Narayan Sarvanan and I visited the accident site of the Orchid Chemicals and the neighbouring Alathur village at 11:30 am on 4 November 2005. Report from outside the plant: According to the workers outside the plant the accident took place in the phase 24 of the plant (a chemical recovery […]
Cuddalore, 15 October 2005: Victory Chemicals paid a compensation of about Rs. 210,000 to the family of the worker who died in an accident inside the explosives manufacturing unit. According to community members, the company paid the money two weeks after the accident and in response to community pressure. The accident took place on 5 […]
Cuddalore, 31 October 2005: Two new industrial accidents have been reported from Tagros Chemicals in SIPCOT, Cuddalore. According to the sources, the first accident took place on 17 October 2005, where a short-circuit in the electrical lines injured 2 workers on the shop floor. The second accident occurred on 26 October 2005, where it has […]
Mettur, 24 October, 2005: A team of three lawyers and recent law graduates visited Mettur on 22-23 October, 2005, to conduct a legal aid camp aimed at assisting victims of pollution in seeking legal redressal including compensation. More than 150 claims were registered from among the 400 or so villagers that attended the camp. The […]
Cuddalore, 21 October 2005: The District Collector of Cuddalore has written to the Factories Inspector on 18 October, 2005, urging the official to conduct surprise visits and inspections of safety conditions in the SIPCOT units and submit a report to his office at the earliest. This recommendation was issued by the Collectorate in response to […]
Cuddalore, 7 October 2005: A boiler explosion that killed on worker was reported from Victory Chemicals. According to the sources the explosion occurred late in the night of October 6, 2005. The worker was a resident of Pilliyarmedu, a village in SIPCOT. The local police and the factory inspector have visited the factory; a case […]
Cuddalore, 25 September, 2005: Fisherfolk from Sonnanchavadi reported a massive fish kill in River Uppanar in the early hours of 24th September. According to witnesses, a lorry in all likelihood from the nearby SIPCOT industrial estate — discharged effluents into the river at around 4 a.m. The effluents were released through a hose pipe near […]