Cuddalore environmentalists submit demands to NGT panel formed to inspect pesticide unit

The tribunal’s Southern Bench had taken suo moto cognisance of a report in The Hindu over an accident in Crimsun Organics Private Limited on May 13, that resulted in the death of four persons

The SIPCOT Area Community Environmental Monitors (SACEM) has placed a list of demands in a memorandum submitted to the joint committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to inspect a pesticide unit in Cuddalore SIPCOT and submit a factual as well as action taken report if any violation is found. The Southern Bench of the NGT took suo moto cognisance of a report in The Hindu over a major industrial accident in Crimsun Organics Private Limited on May 13, that resulted in the death of four persons. To ascertain the genuineness of the allegations made by the environmental watchdog, in the report and its impact, the NGT appointed a joint committee comprising the Cuddalore District Collector, senior officer from Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), senior officer from Central Pollution Control Board and senior officer from the SIPCOT.