Biomedical waste generation doubles
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Each person generates 500 g to 1 kg of waste
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Each person generates 500 g to 1 kg of waste
With the rise in COVID-19 cases, there are concerns about the disposal of huge quantities of biomedical waste. Last year, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) released a set of standard operating procedures to be followed by those who test positive.
Biomedical waste, generated from homes and hospitals and COVID-19 Care Centres, must be collected and safely disposed of, in accordance with the protocol, either through incineration or deep burial.
Civic bodies across Tamil Nadu maintain that they observe the protocol religiously. Biomedical waste must be collected in yellow bags.
State lays out plan to help MSMEs
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Validity of statutory licences will be extended till December
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Validity of statutory licences will be extended till December
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday announced a few measures to help the micro, small and medium enterprises overcome some of the challenges posed by the lockdown.
“At the meeting, the industrial sector raised certain concerns. The Chief Minister was sympathetic towards the concerns, and has announced these measures,” MSME Secretary Mangat Ram Sharma told
The Hindu.
He said the State government would immediately release 60% (₹168 crore) of the ₹280 crore sanctioned for granting capital subsidies to these units this fiscal. All eligible units would get the capital subsidy. The government extended the timeline for registration of the memorandum of deposit without penalty till December to help these units get bank loans. The window was earlier extended until March this
Sterlite plant to produce oxygen within a week, says Thoothukudi Collector
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May 05, 2021 15:30 IST
The plant was inspected on Wednesday by a monitoring committee appointed by the Supreme Court; following a machinery check and safety audit, the plant will be able to commence oxygen production
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Collector K. Senthil Raj inspecting Sterlite Copper’s oxygen plant along with the monitoring committee members on Wednesday | Photo Credit:
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The plant was inspected on Wednesday by a monitoring committee appointed by the Supreme Court; following a machinery check and safety audit, the plant will be able to commence oxygen production
Sterlite Re-Visited
“Until the doors of hell are closed we will not go back to our homes!”
“Marana vaasal moodum varai, Nangal veedu vaasal sella mattom!”
It has been almost three years since the police opened fire on a crowd of men, women and children who gathered with this slogan on their lips in Thoothukudi. On May 22, 2018 the state unleashed extreme violence on a crowd protesting against the Sterlite copper plant of the Vedanta group for the severe pollution it was causing, endangering the lives of local residents.
The police firing killed 13 civilians and injured many others. Some of those killed were part of the protest, others were caught in the crossfire.
TN grants temporary permission for oxygen manufacture at Sterlite plant
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The government has constituted a seven-member monitoring committee to supervise the functioning of the plant
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A view of the Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi that has been allowed to produce oxygen | Photo Credit: RAJESH N
The government has constituted a seven-member monitoring committee to supervise the functioning of the plant
In view of the Supreme Court’s directions, the Tamil Nadu government has granted permission to operate the oxygen plants temporarily inside the premises of M/s. Vedanta Limited in Thoothukudi “strictly until July 31, 2021.”
Two government orders to this effect and an official communication to authorities were issued by the State government on Thursday.