Cuddalore 9 July 2009: SACEM monitors reported illegal discharge of effluents from Pioneer Jellice Ltd into the Kuttaikaran Koil Viakal (canal) leading to river Uppanar at about 6 am today. This discharge took place just half an hour after the CUSECS pipeline shut its operation due to a breakage near Eachangadu village earlier in the […]
Cuddalore 9 July 2009: Residents of Eachangadu village reported a breakage and leak in CUSECS pipeline at about 2.30 am today. This pipeline collects water from Pioneer Jellice, Arkema Peroxides, Bayer and Pandian Chemicals. This leak was detected by Shivaraman of Eachangadu village after he noticed a strong rotten dead body like chemical odour at […]
CUDDALORE, 29 June, 2009 – Two contract workers from Pachiyankuppam village in SIPCOT, D Kumar and S Selvakumar, got injured in a bromine spill in Tagros Chemicals at 11.30 a.m. today. Both suffered burns on their hands, legs and some other parts of their bodies during the spill. According to the sources the spill occurred […]
CUDDALORE, 19 June, 2009 — Two workers were injured during unloading of “soda lime” from a truck at Chemplast Sanmar on 12 June, 2009, at 11 a.m. N. Rajkumar and Veeramani of Semmankuppam sustained burns on their arms and stomach, and were admitted to the Cuddalore Government Hospital. SACEM has reported the incident to the […]
CUDDALORE, 20 June, 2009 – SIPCOT villages suffering from shortage of drinking water due to overdrawal of water by SIPCOT and groundwater pollution should be given clean water from the Tamilnadu Water Supply and Drainage Board’s joint water project. Any expense for the same should be recovered from SIPCOT industries, said the Cuddalore district collector […]
Cuddalore 4 June 2009: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board issued closure notice to Aurobindo Pharma for violating conditions levied on the unit in its Consent to Operate. According to the letter of the District Environment Engineer (DEE) dated 26.05.2009, the DEE states he carried an inspection of the unit after receiving community complaints that […]
Cuddalore 28 May 2009: Fishing groups in SIPCOT have complained about continual illegal discharges in the river Uppanar by Pioneer Jellice industry. According to a complaint made by members of Sangolikuppam village based Arizhnar Anna Male Self Help Group on 25 may 2009, the fishermen are regularly experiencing skin itches and rashes as they enter […]