Cuddalore July 8, 2005: SACEM monitors conducted two pollution patrols on the evening of 5th and 6th of July. The patrol documented a series of chemical odours ranking from 2 to 8. The various chemical odours documented were of Chikoo odour, roasted powder odour, hospital odour, and rotten smell. The patrol conducted in SIPCOT area […]
Cuddalore, June 22, 2005: The residents of SIPCOT Cuddalore launched a massive signature campaign against the proposed Chemplast Sanmar PVC project. The signatures are being collected from all the areas around SIPCOT industrial complex and are being sent to Mr. A. Raja, Minister of Environment and Forests (MoEF). By the end of two days about […]
Cuddalore, June 13, 2005: While conducting the pollution patrol in the SIPCOT industrial area on 12 June 2005, SACEM monitors reported “dark brown” effluent discharge from Loyal Super Fabrics pipe line into CUSECS 5. The monitors suspected that the effluent was not treated properly hence the colour. The incident was reported at 7:20 pm and […]
Gummidipoondi, May 21, 2005: The newly elected Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Gummidipoondi, Mr. K.S. Vijaykumar, promised the community representatives that he will ensure that the hazardous waste landfill proposal gets rejected from SIPCOT Gummidipoondi. He gave this assurance to the group of representatives from Gummidipoondi including the local panchayat president who met him […]
Cuddalore, 19 May 2005: A. Pragalathan, a contract worker in Tagros Chemicals from Pachaiyankuppam village, SICPOT Cuddalore, was killed in an accident inside the factory on the evening of 18 May 2005. According to sources the accident took place at about 6:30 pm when Pragalathan was on the maintenance job working on the ground floor […]
Cuddalore, 14 May 2005: In an another incident of what the company and the TNPCB describes as a “vent release”, there was a gas leak reported from the Aluminium Fluoride plant of Tanfac. The leak was reported at about 11 am today and the commuters on the Cuddalore – Chidambaram national highway reported of severe […]
1 April, 2005: Power failure at CUSECS 3; second power failure in CUSECS since February 2005 At midnight March 30-31, 2005, a power failure occurred in CUSECS 3. The matter was reported to CUSECS authorities who said that the companies upstream of CUSECS 3 had been alerted, and that no effluents were being pumped. The […]