Protesting against an alleged polluting industrial unit in their town, around 200 residents of Kayalpatnam in Tuticorin district filed RTI petitions with the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) here on Monday. They also met TNPCB officials and made representations with them.
Residents and members of the Kayalpatnam Environmental Protection Association (KEPA) alleged that the factory owned and operated by DCW Ltd at Sahupuram, had been flagrantly flouting environmental norms by releasing effluents into the sea.The factory manufactured caustic soda, liquid chlorine, beneficiated ilmenite and trichloroethylene, and PVC.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/mass-rti-plea-against-polluting-unit
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-chennai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tuticorin
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-pollution
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/right-information-rti
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb-0
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/industrial-waste
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-waste
