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...
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...
Cuddalore and Mettur residents meet TNPCB Member Secretary; demand more transparency in TNPCB activities
Chennai, 22 November 2011: A fifteen member delegation comprising of residents and community environmental monitors from Cuddalore and Mettur today met the newly appointed Member Secretary (MS) of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Dr. K. Karthikeyen and apprised him on the ground situations of pollution and operations of local TNPCB offices in their regions. Read More...
TN Heavy rains: A boon for polluting SIPCOT units
Cuddalore, 15 November 2011: Like every year the South East monsoon this time too has provided an opportunity for the SIPCOT units to illegally flush out untreated and toxic effluent in their storm water drains. Read More...
Sulphur Spill reported from Cuddalore Town
Cuddalore, 15 August 2011: Lorry transporting sulphur for industries in SIPCOT overturned in Cuddalore town spilling large quantities of its contents on the main road today. Read More...
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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...
Chemplast Worker Dies Days After Occupational Injury
METTUR, 19 DECEMBER, 2011: On 13 December 2011 around 3.30 P.M., Shanmugam, s/o Ramasamy, TMB Nagar, near Samballi, aged 56 died on his way to the hospital from Chemplast Sanmar Plant II. Read more...
Police Investigates Chemplast Pollution Complaints
Mettur, 16 December, 2011: A Sub-inspector from the State Criminal Investigation Department today visited the surroundings of Chemplast Sanmar to investigate pollution complaints received from local residents. Read more...
Chemplast Sanmar releases foul smelling discharge during rains
Mettur, 1 December 2011: There was yet another instance of illegal and ongoing discharge of foul-smelling effluents into the channel dug by Chemplast alongside the compound wall of their Plant II. Read more...
Rains Expose Chemplast Lies About Zero Discharge
19 August, 2011. Mettur -- Contaminated effluents are being discharged by Chemplast factories onto people's lands and into public canals, according to farmers and the Gonur West Agriculturists Development Union. Read more...
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Illegal construction begins at a toxic waste landfill site
Gummidipoondi, 9 January, 2006 -- In total violation of siting guidelines, local Government laws and the concerns of local residents, Tamilnadu Waste Management Ltd, a subsidiary of Hyderabad-based waste company Ramky Associates, has erected an electric fence around its site, and commenced excavation works. Local reports indicate that the company has the full backing of the Tamilnadu Government and the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board in violating established laws and norms. Read more...
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Acid burn; 1 injured
Thoothukudi, 18 November, 2011 -- One Sterlite staffer, Sreenivasa Rao, sustained burn injuries after he slipped into a gutter carrying acid in the refinery area of the Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi. Read More...
Accident in Sterlite plant at Thoothukudi; one worker dead another critically injured
14 November 2011, Thoothkudi: 45 year old Pandian, a contract worker at Sterlite’s Copper smelter in Thoothkudi, lost his life today after he was sucked into a duct line leading to a chimney of the phosphoric acid plant. Read More...
Oxygen Leak at Sterlite; Major Mishap Averted
THOOTHUKUDI, 10 October, 2011: A power failure in the sulphuric acid plant at Sterlite's copper smelter in Thoothukudi led to the release of a cloud of oxygen gas sending workers into a panic. Read More...
Chlorine Leak at Valsad factory Causes Severe Damage
Valsad, 5 September, 2011: A chlorine gas leak at around 7.30 a.m. on 29 August, 2011, from Makewell Plasticisers Pvt Ltd in Valsad sent more than 30 people, including a 9 month child, to the hospital. Read More...
Worker Electrocuted in Sterlite
17 August, 2011. Thoothukudi -- A contract worker engaged by OEG Ltd to work in Sterlite's copper smelter factory sustained first degree burns due to an electrical accident on 13 August. Read More...
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Groundtruths: Status of Hazardous Wastes and Pollution in SIPCOT Chemical Estate, Cuddalore
KILLER TSUNAMI'S IMPACT ON SIPCOT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
- The river water has washed out the toxic sludge from behind the SPIC factory, although the landfill seemed untouched.
- Water had entered CUSECS 6 near Victory Chemicals, which is located virtually on the banks of the River Uppanar, in flagrant violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone notification. It may be pointed out at this point that the Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board has chosen to ignore, even sought to regularize, this violation despite repeated reminders about this infraction. The extent of damage sustained at this pump house is not known.
- The mountain of toxic wastes stored behind Victory Chemicals towers above the flimsy compound wall abutting the river. Much of this waste has been washed out into the river.
- The condition of the marine effluent outfall is not known, but given the force of the wave and the currents generated on 26 December, it is important to assess the condition of the effluent outfall.(Link to the letter sent to the SCMC and PCB about the effects of Tsunami on SIPCOT)
Anjalai, wife of late R. Radhakrishnan who died in a factory accident, gets her monthly pension from the month of December 2004: (details of the case)
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