Evacuation of Factory from Residential Area

Residents of Aswini Anthara apartments, in Alandur, Chennai, approached 5th Pillar, when their repeated appeal to evacuate a factory from their neighborhood that was causing air and noise pollution was not heeded. The RTI coordinators at 5th Pillar filed an RTI petition to the TNPCB( Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board) on 18th September 2009. The District Environmental Engineer of TNPCB, conducted an inspection on Anupama Fabricators at Alandur, that was manufacturing diesel tanks for the four wheelers, and found the industry producing hazardous level of pollutants that are harmful for public and ordered the factory to be relocated from the residential neighborhood. The Engineer sent a notice to the factory administration asking them to close the unit and copied the letter to the District collector of Kancheepuram, which expedited the closure of the factory.