Chennai kids express concern over ETPS expansion
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Chennai kids express concern over ETPS expansion

The Hindu  

“Stalin mama, a plea from our hearts…” reads one of the many messages written on heart-shaped cards by children from Ennore, Tiruvottiyur, and other parts of the city, expressing their concerns about Tangedco’s proposed expansion of the Ennore Thermal Power Station. The letters included pleas such as “No more cancer, Stalin thatha!”, “No power plant near our homes”, “Stop polluting Ennore”, and “Scrap ETPS”. A Joint Expert Committee, set up by the National Green Tribunal, said in 2022 that the environment around the Ennore power plant was in a dire state, requiring immediate remedial action. The Committee, headed by retired IAS officer Santha Sheela Nair, highlighted significant health risks, with cancer and non-cancer risks for residents being much higher than safe levels.

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Chaos at hearing on Ennore plant expansion
3 weeks ago

Chaos at hearing on Ennore plant expansion

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Despite severe opposition, the public hearing for the 660MW Ennore Thermal Power Station expansion project was held in Ernavur on Friday. The public hearing started at 11 am in an unruly fashion with fishermen leaders complaining that the genuine public were being denied entry while political cadre occupied all the seats. As things settled down, Chennai Collector Rashmi Siddharth …

Fly ash from power station leaks into Ennore creek
4 years, 2 months ago

Fly ash from power station leaks into Ennore creek

The Hindu  

In yet another instance of fly ash leaking from the North Chennai Thermal Power Station at Ennore, the video of a pipeline dumping large amounts of fly ash into Kosasthalaiyar river was revealed on social media on Monday. On the other hand, these types of leaks continue,” he said Mr. Jayaraman said the fly ash spill on Monday was directly …

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