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.
CUDDALORE: The State government has given sanction for the implementation of two comprehensive water projects at a cost of about Rs 20 crore in Parangipettai and Kumaratchi Panchayat Unions, and the Killai Town Panchayat, according to Rajendra Ratnoo, District Collector.
CUDDALORE: The Cuddalore District Consumer Protection Organisation has voiced concern over indiscriminate dumping of chemical waste by unscrupulous tanker-lorry drivers in residential areas.
CUDDALORE: A scuffle ensued between the trade unionists and the Central Industrial Security Forces personnel at Neyveli Lignite Corporation following an accident at Mine-I that claimed the life of an employee on Thursday.
CUDDALORE: Child labour is quite rampant in the fishing trade in Cuddalore. Children in the age group of 10 to 15 are seen involved in the trade in large numbers in the Cuddalore Port area.
CUDDALORE: The slow progress on the underground drainage work in Cuddalore town is causing great inconvenience to the residents.
The uncovered trenches dug for laying the pipelines have become veritable accident spots, according to M.Marudhavanan, general secretary of the Federation of All Residents Welfare Associations.
CHENNAI: Nearly nine lakh domestic consumers of Cuddalore and Villupuram districts will soon be covered under the Bachat Lamp Yojana (BLY), the scheme for promoting energy efficiency by replacing incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).
