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 SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors
Cuddalore, 29 December, 2006: Two supporters from the Seattle and Bay Area chapters of Association for India's Development in the United States joined SIPCOT monitors on a two-hour long pollution patrol to see first-hand the environmental conditions in SIPCOT, Cuddalore.
Cuddalore 8 December, 2006 To mark the 22nd Anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy a series of events have been organised to draw attention to the environmental crisis in Cuddalore.
Cuddalore/ Chennai, 27 November 2006: Leading up to the 22nd Bhopal anniversary, youth from fishing communities and colleges of Chennai, along with environmental activists and residents from pollution-impacted communities in Mettur and Cuddalore, will cycle 280km from Cuddalore to Chennai starting 28 November, 2006.
www.sipcotcuddalore.com   (975 words)

  
 Tamil Nadu Tourism, Cuddalore Tamil Nadu, Cuddalore, Travel to South India, South India Travel, Tamilnadu Tourism
The Cuddalore Port is situated at the confluence of the rivers Gadilam and Paravanar discharging as combined river into the sea.
The hinterland of Cuddalore Port consists of the district of Cuddalore and ports of Salem and Tiruchirappalli.
Deities from in and around Cuddalore district are brought in ceremonial processions to the Ponnaiyar River for a symbolic immersion ceremony.
www.indiantravelportal.com /tamil-nadu/cuddalore   (1242 words)

  
 Cuddalore Online
CUDDALORE: It was in the shade of a neem tree at the Panchayat Union Middle School in Thazhanguda, a fishing village in Cuddalore, that the future disaster management policy of the United Nations was discussed on a hot Friday morning.
Cuddalore could be proud that it had covered the "last mile" in early warning systems and disaster preparedness.
CUDDALORE: Former United States President Bill Clinton, who visited Cuddalore on Friday in his capacity as the United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, was all praise for the tsunami re- construction works undertaken here.
cuddaloreonline.blogspot.com   (5590 words)

  
 Poison in the air
VILLAGES in the industrial area on the outskirts of Cuddalore town in Tamil Nadu are increasingly being identified more by pungent smells than their names - smells of rotten cabbage, burnt rubber, rotten egg, neem, detergent, human excreta, decomposing bodies, mosquito coils, rotting bones, decaying chikoo fruit, and nail polish.
Cuddalore, 25 km from Pondicherry, is part of an intricate network of estuaries, deltas, creeks, lagoons, salt-marshes, sanctuaries and coral reefs that serve as a natural breeding ground and habitat for various species of fish.
Fringed by the sea and with fertile soil, Cuddalore is an idyllic 27 sq km town of verdant fields of sugarcane, groundnut and rice, and casuarina and coconut plantations.
www.frontlineonnet.com /fl2212/stories/20050617003403100.htm   (2958 words)

  
 Cuddalore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cuddalore has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81% and, female literacy is 70%.
In Cuddalore, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Cuddalore Dindigul Erode Kancheepuram Karur Kumbakonam Madurai Nagercoil Neyveli Pallavaram Pudukkottai Rajapalayam Salem Tiruchirapalli Tirunelveli Tambaram Thoothukudi Tiruppur Tiruvannamalai Thanjavur • Tiruvottiyur • Vellore
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cuddalore   (871 words)

  
 Cuddalore District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cuddalore District is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India.
The city of Cuddalore is the district headquarters.
Alandur Avadi Ambattur Chennai Coimbatore Cuddalore Dindigul Erode Kancheepuram Karur Kumbakonam Madurai Nagercoil Neyveli Pallavaram Pudukkottai Rajapalayam Salem Tiruchirapalli Tirunelveli Tambaram Thoothukudi Tiruppur Tiruvannamalai Thanjavur • Tiruvottiyur • Vellore
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cuddalore_District   (170 words)

  
 Cuddalore: A Bhopal in Chennai's backyard - Printer Friendly Page - Specials - Telugu Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Cuddalore, Dec 3 (IANS) As one drives down the East Coast Road from Chennai, towards Kanyakumari, the air becomes rancid past the small town of Cuddalore, about 350 km south.
Her reference was to the Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal where a deadly gas leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant on Dec 3, 1984, exactly 22 years ago, killed thousands.
In the neighbourhood, EID Parry, Arkema Peroxide, Clariant and Bayer make pesticides, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, plastics, dyes and intermediates and textiles, discharging their deadly effluents in the sea at Rasapettai, where the water is deep red in colour.
www.teluguportal.net /modules/news/print.php?storyid=23730   (702 words)

  
 Cuddalore protests industrial pollution
Industries are welcome but pollutants in the sea are not, say Cuddalore residents who are protesting the water pollution caused by factories along the seashore of the Tamil Nadu district.
Notwithstanding the protests, the state government is planning a major expansion of the Cuddalore industrial area.
Based on the hearing, a report titled "Environmental and Human Rights Violations in the SIPCOT Complex, Cuddalore" has been released by the hearing panel comprising R. Saraswati, retired head of the department of sociology in Queen Mary's College, S. Janakarajan of the Madras Institute of Development Studies, and Rakhal Gaithonde, a community health physician.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Business/20061002/467531.html   (413 words)

  
 Global Community Monitor : New Report: SIPCOT, Cuddalore, A Global Toxic Hotspot for Air Pollution Toxic Air ...
CUDDALORE, 17 September, 2004 -- Samples of air that SIPCOT residents breathe were found to contain extremely high levels of at least 22 toxic chemicals, including 8 cancer-causing chemicals, according to a first of a kind report released by SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors.
The results of five samples taken outside Shasun, Tagros, CUSECS 5 and Asian Paints confirm the worst fears of the villagers that the frequent odour incidents they experience are indicators of chemical pollution from the factories.
SIPCOT, Cuddalore has to be the worst place to breathe, and certainly the worst that I have seen in terms of the kinds and levels of toxic gases in the air," said Larson.
gcmonitor.org /article.php?id=122   (953 words)

  
 Cuddalore Online
Cuddalore, the place by the sea, is soon set to be assaulted.
The rest of Cuddalore is home to white-sand beaches, dense mangroves, lazy rivers, cashew groves and casuarinas.
All in all, Cuddalore is set to become the smelly, sweaty armpit of industrial civilization.
cuddaloreonline.blogspot.com /2006/11/cuddalore-toxic-present-troubled.html   (1636 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : Fishermen net starfish off Cuddalore coast
Of late, the seafaring fishermen are said to be sighting frolicking dolphins not far away from the Cuddalore coast.
Therefore, these were the indicators that the Cuddalore coastal areas were now purged off impurities, a positive fallout of the tsunami that churned the sea violently, Mr.
The ecologists and even the fishermen are of the opinion that the sightings of dolphins and starfish should not be treated as isolated incidents.
www.hindu.com /2006/02/25/stories/2006022505160600.htm   (572 words)

  
 Cuddalore - Sitemap
Cuddalore Town is the Head Quarters of the Cuddalore Taluk and District.
Cuddalore Town has been constituted as a Municipality during the year 1866 comprising a revenue village.
The sullage water from the houses as well as storm water are collected in open drainage and disposal in the river and field channels thus cleaning health hazard to the people in the required area.
www.cuddalore.nic.in /cudmpl.htm   (938 words)

  
 Cuddalore site report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Cuddalore district is at the tail end of the Cauvery delta region.
I accompanied KPN to Cuddalore as Cuddalore was also the district capital and housed the collectorate office.
We have to realize that TNSF Cuddalore district has a limited volunteer strength at the district level and is conducting a number of programs besides health/savings especially in schools.
www.aidindia.org /aipsn/rptcudd.html   (4042 words)

  
 Cuddalore beach is now a graveyard - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Cuddalore’s Silver Beach presented a sad sight with apprehension, confusion, and fear reigning supreme among the local people.
But the sights of a broken Cuddalore, still coming to grips with the “great wave” on Monday, were one of apprehension, confusion, enormous fear and some opportunism.
Amongst the hundreds of victims of Cuddalore were a bunch of school kids, out to play cricket on the pleasant Sunday morning.
deccanherald.com /deccanherald/dec282004/n19.asp   (790 words)

  
 Cuddalore News
Chennai, Jan 03: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was given a warm reception at the Airport when he arrived in Chennai on Tuesday night to inaugurate the Indian Science Congress at Chidambaram in Cuddalore...
"Response of farm labourers and unorganised workers good" CUDDALORE: The general strike called by the Communist parties and the Central trade unions such as the AITUC and CITU evoked a mixed response in...
Cuddalore Collector Gagandeep Singh Bedi has urged the Neyveli Lignite Corporation to help the district administration in its welfare schemes for the disabled and permit children to avail the services of Sneha...
www.topix.net /in/cuddalore   (770 words)

  
 Allied Campaigns: Cuddalore Archives
The demand came after two samples from Tamil Nadu, out of 21 air samples taken from various parts of India, were found to be among three most-polluted in a first-of-its-kind national study of toxic gases in ambient air.
In the 17 month period that it operated illegally, and despite the knowledge of the Inspector of Factories, the District Collector of Cuddalore, and the TNPCB, 6 people were injured and one killed in four serious accidents in Tagros, according to SACEM records.
Villagers living near the SIPCOT industrial estate near Cuddalore are fighting to prevent the return to the lethally polluted facility (see previous entry) of arch-polluter Chemplast.
www.bhopal.net /alliedcampaigns/archives/cuddalore/index.html   (5550 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Cuddalore News : Pollution Board to test water from Veeranam
CUDDALORE: In the wake of the highly polluted Noyyal water being released into the Cauvery system, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board officials have taken steps to collect samples at Veeranam to check for contamination.
However, the farmers felt that the results of the water tests should be made public to clear any misgivings.
After obtaining permission from the State Government, the Cuddalore District Administration will release water from the Keelanai for irrigation through the Vadavar, and North and South Rajan Channels on Wednesday.
www.hindu.com /2005/08/10/stories/2005081000620600.htm   (379 words)

  
 Cuddalore
On December 3rd, 2004, more than 300 people in Cuddalore, including 200 children, participated in a program to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster.
Sipcot Area Community Environmental Monitors, Federation of Consumer Organisation of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry and Cuddalore District Consumer Organisation organised a painting competition for school children from 7th to 11th grade and a candle light vigil.
He pointed out that SIPCOT Cuddalore was another Bhopal in making.
www.studentsforbhopal.org /Cuddalore.htm   (364 words)

  
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 Cuddalore villagers selling off relief materials
Local administrative officials admitted they have received reports from certain villages that tsunami victims are selling off the daily ration provided to them by the government and nongovernmental organisations.
Local nodal officers also alleged that a few people indulge in fistfights every day to acquire the most volume of relief, which they later sell to local groceries.
Villagers in Cuddalore are getting as much as 20 kg of rice daily, a rural development official, requesting anonymity, said.
www.rediff.com /news/2005/jan/15tsunami.htm   (460 words)

  
 India Trip Report - February/March 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
There were 55 villages in Cuddalore that were affected by the tsunami.
The health centers would offer accessible health care for villages living along the coast, and MNTN estimates that a total of 16,000 people will be treated or served by the new health centers in the period of one year.
MNTN already has a presence and an excellent reputation in the tsunami-affected districts of Cuddalore, and the staff and volunteers are doing a terrific job responding to the specific needs created by the tsunami.
www.directrelief.org /sections/our_work/india_story_madhar.html   (684 words)

  
 Cuddalore Tamil Nadu India, Tsunami Hit Cuddalore Tamilnadu, Tsunami Affected Areas in Cuddalore India
Cuddalore Tamil Nadu India, Tsunami Hit Cuddalore Tamilnadu, Tsunami Affected Areas in Cuddalore India
At least 350 people have been confirmed dead in Tamil Nadu with over 100 people dead in Chennai alone.
As many as 239 people have been killed in Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, while in Nagapatnam, the number of dead has been confirmed as 273.
www.mapsofindia.com /maps/tsunami-in-india/earthquake/cuddalore.html   (254 words)

  
 Cuddalore Places To See In and Around The City
Cuddalore Places To See In and Around The City
Cuddalore is located at the east coast of Tamil Nadu at a distance of 192 km from Chennai.
During British rule it was a famous British trading port and post.
www.spiritofchennai.com /tourism/cuddalore.htm   (218 words)

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