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| Project |
Community Environmental Monitoring |
| Location |
Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu |
| Focus |
Environmental Monitoring |
| NGO Information |
CEM is a project of New Delhi - based The Other Media. It also
involves FEDCOT (a consumer rights organisation), Global Community
Monitor ( US based organisation involved in environment related community
campaigns) and village activists from villages in Cuddalore district. |
| Project Summary |
This project aims to bring people from pollution affected communities together as
an organized voice against pollution. It enables those communities
to monitor, document and communicate pollution and its impacts
on health and the environment in a language that regulators and
industry can not ignore.
For more information, please visit
http://sipcotcuddalore.com
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| Objective |
- To research, test and deploy simple and inexpensive tools in communities to allow them
to monitor their own environment.
- To equip community members with skills on documentation of pollution and air and water sampling.
- To equip community members to publish and use the results of the
analyses to strengthen the campaign against pollution.
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| Requested Budget |
$10,000 |
| Status |
Approved $5,586 |
| Project Coordinators |
Devashree Saha, Vishwanath Dalvi |
| Contact Email |
devashree@hotmail.com |
| Additional Information |
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PROJECT
UPDATES
| DATE |
UPDATE |
| Mar,06 |
CEM Phase II |
| Feb,06 |
CEM Project Assessment - Feb'06 |
| Feb,06 |
CEM Pictures from Site Visit |
| Feb,06 |
CEM Site Visit |
| Feb,06 |
CEM Project Update February 2006 |
| Dec,05 |
CEM Project Update Dec 2005 |
| Oct,05 |
Shweta Narayan Visit to Austin |
| Oct,05 |
CEM Project Update October 2005 |
| Jul,05 |
CEM Project Update July 2005 |
| Jan 22, 05 |
Site
Visit Presentation and Vote in Austin CSH |
| Jan 12, 05 |
"
Another Bhopal in TamilNadu" -Rediff News |
| Jan 3, 05 |
Site
visit report |
| Dec 5, 04 |
SIPCOT in Infochange agenda |
| Sep '04 |
Aug-Sep CEM
Update( contact project coordinator for info) |
| Aug '04 |
Air
Quality Report- Cuddalore |
| Jul 31st |
CSH
presentation |
| Jun '04 |
Project
Proposal |
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Geographical
Location of Cuddalore
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