Recent Updates:
Uppanar Pollution: Second Illegal discharge from Pioneer Jellice reported in a fortnight
Cuddalore, 2 February 2012: Panchayat ward member of Songolikuppam village, Thiru Velachamy reported an illegal discharge of effluent from Pioneer Jellice unit into river Uppanar today at about 7.30 am. Read More...
It is official: India has the world's most toxic air
NEW DELHI, January 28, 2012: In a study by Yale and Columbia Universities, India holds the very last rank among 132 nations in terms of air quality with regard to its effect on human health. Read media story...
Uppanar Pollution: Illegal discharge from Pioneer Jellice reported
Cuddalore, 22 January 2012: Residents of Songolikuppam village reported an illegal discharge of effluent from Pioneer Jellice unit into river Uppanar on 17 January 2012. Read More...
Study on ambient air quality in Solan
Solan, January 17, 2012 The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board will soon undertake a study on ambient air quality in Solan district where monitoring of trace metals and toxic compounds will be undertaken. Read media story...
SIPCOT shattered; suffers Rs 70 crore loss
Cuddalore, 3 January 2012 The industries functioning in SIPCOT here have suffered a collective loss of approximately Rs 70 crore due to cyclone Thane and it would take at least a month to resume full-fledged production. Read media story...
SIPCOT units suffer losses after Thane
Cuddalore, 3 January, 2012 In the wake of the cyclone Thane the units in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here have suffered losses to the tune of Rs 75 crore, according to K.Indra Kumar, secretary, Cuddalore SIPCOT Industries Association. Read media story...
Acid Spill as Bus Rams into Acid Tanker
Mettur, 2 January, 2012 -- A public transport bus rammed against and broke the valve of an acid tanker allegedly from Chemplast's Plant III leading to a massive spill onto the road and a nearby canal leading to the River Cauvery. Read More...
Thane effect: Shasun's Cuddalore plant temporarily shut
Chennai, January 2, 2012 Shasun Pharmaceuticals has temporarily suspended operations at its Cuddalore plant due to the impact of the cyclonic storm Thane.Read media story...
Clariant Updates:
Cuddalore, January 2, 2012 Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd has informed BSE that due to the Cyclone "Thane", which hit Tamil Nadu Coast on early hours of December 30, 2011, the production at the Company's plant located in Cuddalore has been temporarily stopped.Read media story...
Poison in the air
ASHA KRISHNAKUMAR
in Cuddalore
Frontline
The Hindu
04 June, 2005
Poisonous gases released into the air by some chemical units in the SIPCOT industrial estate in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, continue to endanger the lives and livelihoods of people in a number of villages in the absence of government action.
At the SIPCOT industrial estate in Cuddalore. Gases released by chemical units have severely affected the air quality in the area.
VILLAGES in the industrial area on the outskirts of Cuddalore town in Tamil Nadu are increasingly being identified more by pungent smells than their names - smells of rotten cabbage, burnt rubber, rotten egg, neem, detergent, human excreta, decomposing bodies, mosquito coils, rotting bones, decaying chikoo fruit, and nail polish. The smells come from toxic chemical compounds that are manufactured or released as effluents by the 18 companies in the industrial area and which have been damaging the environment and the health of more than 20,000 people in about 20 villages. Read more...
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What is Community Environmental Monitoring?
Besides training villagers in the science of pollution, the Community Environmental Monitoring initiative seeks to involve villagers in the fight against pollution by engaging them in environmental and health monitoring, and sustainable livelihood activities.
CEM is as much about the community as it is about the environment. CEM sees political empowerment and the right to make informed decisions about development as key to success in the struggle against environmental casteism and discrimination. While local self-help is an emphasis, CEM's philosophy also hinges on holding corporations and polluters accountable. More About Us..
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