The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board held a public hearing on Friday to discuss the proposed expansion of the Ennore Thermal Power Station. M. Karunakaran, a fisher leader from Kattukuppam, said Ennore’s industrial growth over the past 30 years had failed to create permanent jobs, while harming the livelihoods of fishers and farmers as well as the health of the …
“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 …
Is there an actual need to expand lignite mining in the State now? The last thermal power project inaugurated in the State was the North Chennai Thermal Power Station -II in 2014. Since then, the Tamil Nadu government has been working on building five thermal power projects, totalling 4,500 MW, categorised as super critical projects. The mega thermal power projects …
