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Mettur Residents Petition Collector Against Pollution - SipcotCuddalore.com

25 JULY, 2011. SALEM -- Twenty seven people from different parts of Mettur submitted complaints of pollution and damage to health and livelihood to the District Collector of Salem at the Grievance day meeting at the Collectorate. Residents from Ramamoorthy Nagar, a residential area behind Vedanta-owned Malco's thermal power plant wrote to the Collector complaining of incessant dust from the mountain-like dump of toxic Red Mud, and demanded its speedy removal read more>>

Show-cause notice issued to Nagarjuna Oil Corporation - The Hindu
29 July 2011

Special Correspondent
The Hindu

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has issued a show-cause notice to the Nagarjuna Oil Corporation Ltd, located at Kayalpattu in Thiruchopuram near here, asking the company why penal action should not be taken against it for violating the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act and raising a structure without obtaining the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance read more>>

Effluent Discharge at Greenpark Odai through an Illegal Pipeline - SipcotCuddalore.com

28 JULY, 2011 Greenpark, Mettur - Villagers in the Thangamapuripatnam area reported a discharge of stong medicine smelling effluents in the stream alongiside the residential area in Greenpark at around 6 a.m. today. Residents alleged that an old pipeline belonging to Chemplast Sanmar runs in the vicinity of the pipeline, and that this may have been the source for the effluents. Ganesan of the Mettur Padhukaappu Iyakkam complained to Mr. Pandian, Assistant Environmental Engineer (AEE), TNPCB at 10 a.m., who visited the area in the evening read more>>

Concern over chemical storage in shut down unit - The Hindu
4 August 2011

Special Correspondent
The Hindu

Workers, social activists and environmentalists have voiced concern over the safety of the “idle storage of ammonium and chloroform in two tanks” in the recently shut down SPIC Pharma unit located on the SIPCOT Industrial Estate here.

The workers claim that the chemicals are flammable and would even cause explosion when leak occurs in the tanks. In such a case, they fear, it would pose a severe health hazard to the people living in the surrounding areas read more>>

GAS LEAK IN CHEMPLAST SANMAR PLANT I - SipcotCuddalore.com

METTUR, 06.08.2011 About twenty people suffered from breathing difficulty, stomach swelling and burning of the eyes following a gas leak from Plant I of Chemplast Sanmar in Mettur R.S. on 06.08.2011 at 7.00 P.M. The gas leak which was seen as a white cloud of smoke lasted till 8.30 P.M. and the shops around the factory shut at 8.00 P.M. as panic set in among shop keepers. Nearly ten shop keepers approached the Security of Chemplast Sanmar who is then said to have contacted a Senior Officer in Chemplast Sanmar Plant I read more>>

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Sorry state of Silver Beach.

The Silver Beach is one of the solace for the residents of Cuddalore to get a breathe of fresh air. It had a scenic beauty to enthral the visitors. Many people enjoy their morning walk on the sands of this beach.
But, those are going to be a history. Now, the reality is different.
The beach is full of rubbish. It is difficult to find an area of sand free from rubbish. Its highly nauseating. Though the beach is prohibited of plastic, one can see much of plastic generated out of the hawkers doing business here.
This beach is generating good income in terms of vehicle parking fees (Rs.5 per two wheeler). On a weekend, more than 400 two wheelers find their way to this parking area. Moreover, not less than 20 cars get to be parked here. A part of the income generated from this, if spent on cleaning this beach, will surely pave way to prevent rape of this sand duned beach.

Is Silver Beach a Plastic Free Zone ?

The signboard displayed in the Silver Beach claims that its a plastic free zone.

But many of the shops like the one seen above uses non decomposable materials in selling their products. In the above photo the sugar cane juice shop sells juice in plastic cups.

The "Plastic Free Zone" appears to be a fancy statement only and the prohibition is not enforced in reality.