Sipcot Area – Community Environmental Monitors

A committee should also be formed to inspect the project site and conduct a comprehensive study to assess the cumulative, social and environmental impacts Environmentalists and Citizen’s collective have urged the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests...

The direct discharge of untreated toxic sludge into a stormwater drain in Echangadu located in the Cuddalore SIPCOT industrial estate that empties into the Uppanar River, has kicked up a controversy with local residents and environmentalists expressing...

Cuddalore 2 December 2020: Cuddalore had heavy spell of rains during and post Nivar cyclone. Rains are either boon or bane in several ways to the public but to industries rains seem an opportunity to discharge effluents illegally. SIPCOT area community...

Cuddalore, a frequent victim of cyclones, could be a case study to help government assess disaster mitigation measures that have worked and that have not Even as it gears up to face Cyclone Nivar, it may be time the Tamil Nadu government assesses its...