The Madras High Court directed the Neyveli Lignite Corporation to pay compensation at the rate of Rs 40,000 per acre to farmers whose standing crops were damaged during Paravanar Canal Diversion activities at Valayamadevi in Cuddalore district. The District Collector, Cuddalore District filed counter affidavit stating that standing crops in …
The Madras High Court directed the Neyveli Lignite Corporation to pay compensation at the rate of Rs 40,000 per acre to farmers whose standing crops were damaged during Paravanar Canal Diversion activities at Valayamadevi in Cuddalore district. The District Collector, Cuddalore District filed counter affidavit stating that standing crops in …
Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of P. Sundaravathanam Vs Union of India & Others dated 31/05/2022. The matter related to grant of Environmental Clearance (EC) in favour of M/s. NLC India Limited for their second expansion of the thermal power plant having a capacity of 2 …
Brief written submissions filed on behalf of the applicants (S. Pugazhendi & Others) dated 10/02/2021. The matter related to pollution and contamination of water sources by the industries operating in SIPCOT, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The residents in the SIPCOT Cuddalore have been suffering from hazardous water quality due to chemical …
The independent report on Tamil Nadu Neyveli boiler blast in compliance with the National Green Tribunal order (in the matter of Original Application No. 108/2020). The boiler blast of July 1, 2020 at thermal power station - II of M/s Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited (NLCIL), Neyveli, Cuddalore district, Tamil …
Report by Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on fire accident at M/s Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited (NLCIL), Thermal Power Station-II, Ammeri Village, Virudhachalam Taluk, Neyveli, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu. The TNPCB report is dated July 6, 2020. On July 1, 2020 the Chief General Manager of TPS-II, NLCIL furnished …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of S. Pugazhendhi & Others Vs Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board & Others dated 01/02/2019 regarding pollution of groundwater and remedial measures to be taken at Cuddalore industrial area in the State of Tamil Nadu. NGT directs a joint team …
CUDDLORE: The National green tribunal has ordered the Tamil Nadu pollution control board's (TNPCB) environmental engineer (Cuddalore district) to inspect an industry in Sipcot industrial complex in Cuddalore district and take appropriate steps to shut it down if found that it has been operating without valid consent. "The district environmental …
CHENNAI: Pharmaceutical major Strides Shasun, which has secured the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval for its three plants in Puducherry and Cuddalore, is facing trouble. The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently directed the District Environment Engineer to inspect the firm’s plant in Cuddalore and initiate …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of R.Natesan Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board & Others dated 17/04/2017 regarding consent to operate for a cashewnut processing unit located in a mixed residential zone, Panruti Taluk, Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu. NGT directs that the unit …
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 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Asirvatham Nagar and GN Nagar Welfare Association Vs District Collector, Cuddalore District & Others dated 11/05/2016 regarding pollution caused by a tyre retreading unit in North Main Road, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. NGT disposes of the application with …
They have decided not to give plastic bags for free to customers and instead encourage them to use cloth bags Traders in Vellore are doing their bit for conserving environment. They have decided not to give plastic bags free to customers, and have started to encourage them to bring cloth …
Indiscriminate dumping of garbage and release of untreated effluents by industries along the Uppanar are being cited as main reasons Indiscriminate dumping of garbage and release of untreated effluents by industries along the Uppanar River in Thevanampattinam in Cuddalore is posing a threat to the survival of mangrove forests. Mangroves …
CHENNAI: Within a couple of hours of receipt of memorandum on the losses caused by heavy rains in Tamil Nadu from Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi allocated Rs 939.63 crore for dealing with the situation arising from the floods. The PM’s office said that a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Thiagavali & Kudikadu Agriculturists’ Land Rights Protection General Welfare Society, Nochikadu, Cuddalore Taluk,Vs. The Secretary, Ministry of Finance,Department of Economic Affairs, New Delhi & Others dated 23/11/2015 regarding thermal power plant near Thiyagavalli and Kudikadu villages by IL&FS Tamil Nadu …
Cuddalore receives 266mm rainfall in two days Even as the death toll in rain-related incidents in the district, which bore the brunt of nature’s fury following a depression over the Bay of Bengal on Monday, rose to 27, receding floodwater offers survivors the hope of speedy rehabilitation. With the floodwaters …
CHENNAI: Weather gods may be smiling on Chennai, bringing rain almost every evening these days, but that may not be enough to save the city from a looming water crisis. The combined storage in four reservoirs supplying water to Chennai dipped to 922 million cubic feet (mcft) on Thursday, probably …
Environment activists and villagers expressed opposition to the proposed expansion of Clariant, a private chemical company functioning in Cuddalore SIPCOT, during a public hearing on Wednesday. The hearing, chaired by Cuddalore RDO M Sharmila was organised by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. District environment engineer Raja was also present. …
The protest against the expansion of the existing units or setting up of new units in the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here is getting louder with passage of time. For instance, the Consumer Federation Tamil Nadu (CONFET) and the SIPCOT Area Community Environment Monitoring (SACEM) have been time and again voicing …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of T. Muruganandam & Ors. V/s Union of India & Ors. dated 10/11/2014 regarding Environmental Clearance granted to M/s IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Ltd. by Ministry of Environment and Forests for setting up of 2x600 MW …
