Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Navroz Mody Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/11/2018 regarding remediation of mercury contamination on account of manufacture of thermometers by M/s Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. The applicant, a local resident, moved this Tribunal on …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Navroz Mody Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/11/2018 regarding remediation of mercury contamination on account of manufacture of thermometers by M/s Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. The applicant, a local resident, moved this Tribunal on …
In 2015, rapper Sofia Ashraf, social activist Nityanand Jayaraman and filmmaker Rathindran R Prasad came together to make a video, titled Kodaikanal Won’t, that hit out at Unilever for not cleaning up mercury contamination and not compensating the workers in its thermometer factory in Kodaikanal. The video went viral forcing …
CHENNAI: Activists are concerned over the high mercury levels in the ecologically sensitive Pambar Shola reserve forest due to the Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) thermometer factory at Kodaikanal. Sediment samples collected from two stream beds within the forest range has clocked mercury levels that are much higher than previous samples. …
‘Mercury in the Mist,’ a documentary on plight of people affected by alleged mercury contamination by Hindustan Uniliver Clinical Thermometer factory in Kodaikanal, was screened by Sevvakam, a youth forum, which organises monthly documentary screenings, in the city on Sunday. The documentary was directed by R.P. Amudhan. The screening was …
Ex-workers affected due to mercury pollution by the Hindustan Unilever’s now-defunct thermometer factory in Kodaikanal, on Monday staged a protest at the company’s headquarters in Andheri, Mumbai, when the Annual General Meeting with shareholders was held. Supported by 30 volunteers from Mumbai, 11 families from Kodaikanal took part in the …
A new study has found high levels of toxic mercury in vegetation and sediment collected from the vicinity of a thermometer factory which was shut 14 years ago in the hill station of Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu, an NGO claimed today. "Lichen samples contained 53 mg/kg of mercury, a moss …
The government order came last month for the declaration of the Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary under Section 26 A1(b) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act , 1972. The new sanctuary with seven ranges would be formed with forest areas from Dindigul and Theni districts on the basis of a proposal sent by …
As part of conservation efforts, Tamil Nadu government on Thursday proposed to create four wildlife sanctuaries in addition to the existing 10. In a statement in the assembly, chief minister Jayalalithaa said the new sanctuaries were being set up in different districts by encompassing areas where wildlife was present in …
Demand for water has increased manifold. Kodaikanal is facing acute water crisis owing to failure of monsoon and rapidly depleting storage level in the dam near Kodaikanal Observatory, the main drinking water source for the town. Many streams on the upper and lower Palani hills are dry. At present residents …
For over two decades, the State Forest Department is mulling over the creation of a wildlife sanctuary in Kodaikanal hills. Yet, the task has not been accomplished. The 14th Legislative Assembly’s Petitions Committee says in a report: “The committee asks the forest department to take steps to carve out a …
During the last two decades much has been written about the biodiversity richness of country. Avoiding all the numerical details about the documented species an attempt has been made to provide information about the relative forest systems of India. For classifying the vegetation the altitude has been adopted as vital …
Tamil version of a GSI publication launched CHENNAI: The Government is working on a State Mineral Policy to streamline exploration and exploitation of mineral resources, Rajeev Ranjan, Principal Secretary (Industries) said on Friday. Addressing officials of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) at the launch of the Tamil version of …
IT was when the men in moon suits arrived that it really sank in. There they were, with breathing apparatus and impermeable all-in-ones, gingerly taking away the material that had been sitting for five years in an open-air scrapyard in the middle of the busiest part of town. Vegetables and …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan and K.Lakshmi Testing stations proposed in Poondi, Red Hills, Porur, Pulicat Veeranam lake also to get similar facility Proposal for setting up 23 monitoring stations submitted to CPCB CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board plans to establish facilities to monitor the quality of water at waterbodies …
Sitting atop the Palni hills, Kodaikanal, the premier tourist destination of Tamil Nadu, does not evoke images of pollution. A winding road through the hills lifts you from the stifling heat of Madurai, 121 km away, to the mist-covered town. Along the upper reaches, a trained eye can glimpse thickets …
We asked the Hindustan Unilever Limited to respond to the allegations in our story. Excerpts from an email reply We understand the HUL used to operate a mercury thermometer operations plant in Kodaikanal. And that the factory was forced to shut down in 2001 after the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control …
Three top institutions gave a clean chit to HLL on the health angle of mercury leak at its Kodai plant without examining victims, says Gokul Chandrasekar EVEN while the Madras High C o u r t w a s h e a r i n g t h e prayers …
RUBY Martine (80) walks to the graveyard every Wednesday to offer flowers at the grave of her son Christopher Martine, who worked at the Hindustan Lever Limited's (HLL) erstwhile mercury plant in Kodaikanal. Christopher died in 1997 due to kidney failure at the age of 33 and his mother claims …
PALIYA tribes living in and around Kodaikanal a re a l l e g e d ly f a c i n g health problems attributable to mercury pollution, according to an NGO working with tribals in the region. However, no study has been conducted till date to validate these …
