March 2, 2016 Nityanand Jayaraman The News Minute The Chairman and Member Secretary of the TNPCB have failed to take action on complaints of pollution despite several reminders Police officials holding a meeting with protesting villagers at the village temple. Failure by the senior officers of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to take […]
CHENNAI, NOVEMBER 26, 2015 R BALAJI The Hindu Small and tiny sector businesses are estimated to have suffered over ?200-crore damage to machinery and materials over the last two weeks, according to the Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Industries Association. The worst-affected areas are Chennai, Thiruvallur, Villupuram and Cuddalore with initial estimates of damages […]
December 10, 2015 Business Standard “Mangroves planted 10 years back by Aalamaram at Thiyagavalli village in Cuddalore District have been destroyed to a length of 15 km,” Arjunan Elayaraja, Secretary of the unit said. He said that the NGO has planted the mangrove saplings on the shoreline along the backwaters of River Uppanar. These […]
2015-12-13 Equity Bulls Strides Arcolab Ltd’s manufacturing unit located at Cuddalore in the State of Tamil Nadu, had temporarily suspended operations for two days on 1st and 2nd December 2015 and had limited operations from 3rd Dec 15 to 5th Dec 15 due to flooding caused by incessant rains in the plant area. The […]
CUDDALORE, 18 December 2015 Prameya News7 Tamil Nadu: With huge tracts of paddy, cane and tapioca plantations under a thick sheet of shiny red sand, vast swathes in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu resemble a desert landscape after the devastating deluge. Having repeatedly weathered natural disasters like Tsunami and cyclones in the years […]
CUDDALORE, December 19, 2015 S. PRASAD Business Standard Across the district, the trail of destruction is striking and the demand is just the same in both urban and rural areas — need for a robust mechanism comprising long-term measures to prevent flooding and put rain waters to optimal use. Cuddalore bore the brunt of […]
CUDDALORE, December 21, 2015 S. PRASAD The Hindu The backwater is severely contaminated and deposits are trapped in the aerial roots of the mangroves leading to their degradation, say activists. Photo: T.Singaravelou Indiscriminate dumping of garbage and release of untreated effluents by industries along the Uppanar are being cited as main reasons Indiscriminate […]