Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of S Prabakaran, Nadu Theru, Sothikuppam, Cuddalore VS Ministry of Environment & Forests dated 24/03/2017 regarding the laying of pipeline by Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Technology or any other means in the CRZ area of Uppanar River for …
The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the first permanent zonal bench, became operational here from Tuesday. At a news conference, the Bench judicial member Justice M. Chokalingam and expert member R. Nagendran said that it would cover four southern States and the Union Territories of Puducherry and …
Twice in the past five months, residents near Mettur in Tamil Nadu have noticed liquid seeping from under the compound wall of Chemplast Sanmar’s PVC plant into the drain running alongside the wall. There was a terrible smell coming from the drain. The recent rains had flushed out the effluent …
CHENNAI: Chemplast Sanmar has won two awards, for innovative case study and excellent water efficient unit, at the seventh National Award for Excellence in Water Management organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Hyderabad. According to a release, the two awards were for the successful case study of …
CIVIL APPEAL NO. 2284 OF 2010 is directed against the judgment of Madras High Court passed onOctober 31, 2008 whereby a writ petition in the nature of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the appellant
K.T. Jagannathan CUDDALORE: The Rs.600-crore Greenfield PVC (polyvinyl chloride) project of Chemplast Sanmar Ltd., the flagship company of the Sanmar Group, at SIPCOT Phase II in Semmankuppuam here has started trial production. The 170,000-tonne-capacity project, which will be formally inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday, is set …
UNWELCOME: Dried reservoirs at Kodiakkarai threaten the energy replenishment of migratory birds that have started arriving at Point Calimere. POINT CALIMERE (Nagapattinam): The Bombay Natural History Society has sent a memorandum to Chemplast Sanmar Limited requesting the company to store minimum water in the reservoirs for the migratory birds that …
FIFTEEN farmers, including women, demonstrated outside the venue of Chemplast Sanmar's annual shareholder's meeting held here on Tuesday. Women dressed as "pregnant-looking" wanted to draw the attention of the shareholders to the pollution from Chemplast's factories in Mettur, asserting that it would be harmful to the future generations. One of …
FARMERS from the Mettur area are planning to meet Chemplast Sanmar shareholders at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday, to sensitise and warn them about the unaccounted social costs due to the company's alleged legal and environmental violations. "The company has consistently polluted the land and water in the …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it would pass orders in one week on an application by Chemplast Sanmar Limited seeking consent to operate its Cuddalore plant. In view of this submission by TNPCB counsel T. Harish Kumar, …
