#Industrial Safety

Statue of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy at Alampattu

Opinion: A lane is not a buffer zone: Salem's gasp is a question for the TVK government's inspectors

A dyeing unit leaked acid fumes into a Salem residential street whose residents say they had complained before. Licensing that treats a neighbourhood as a buffer zone is not governance; it is abdication with a stamp.

7 October 2026 · 3 min read

BreakingTamil Nadu

Fumes in a residential lane: Salem dyeing unit's acid leak leaves more than 50 gasping

Hydrochloric acid fumes from a Salem dyeing unit spread through a residential street on Tuesday night, leaving over 50 workers and residents struggling to breathe. Police are now checking the unit's pollution clearances.

7 October 2026 · 2 min read

Workers on an industrial site (file photo)

Opinion

Five coffins in an SEZ: the industrial accident as management ritual

The Sri City boiler blast killed five workers — and India's fixed ritual has begun: condolences, a price list, a committee, and the company's 'safety protocols'. Periyar taught that power always finds a theory of its own innocence; here it is called a 'lapse'.

4 October 2026 · 2 min read

India

Boiler blast at Sri City pharma unit kills five workers, injures over 10

A boiler exploded at the TIL Healthcare pharmaceutical plant inside the Sri City SEZ in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati district on Saturday, killing five workers and injuring over ten. Rs 50 lakh ex gratia per family has been announced; three of the dead were Tamil Nadu workers.

4 October 2026 · 2 min read

Crime

Three dead after illegal firecracker blast in Namakkal home workshop

Country-made crackers stored on the first floor of a house in Pandamangalam exploded around 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday. The shop owner, his wife and a worker were killed; police feared more people might still be under the debris as rescue teams worked past nightfall.

1 October 2026 · 2 min read