Thoothukudi protest

Cauvery basin, Cauvery delta, hydrocarbon extraction, seismic survey, airgun, produced water, heavy metal contamination, offshore drilling, Neduvasal, zooplankton, humpback whale, Minke whale, beluga, bearded seal, bowhead whale, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, proppant sand, aluminium silicate, nonylphenol ethoxylate, methylisothiazolinone, neurotoxic, genotoxic, boron, phenol formaldehyde resins, glyoxal, isotridecanol ethoxylate, TNPCB, Sterlite copper smelter, Vedanta Sterlite, Thoothukudi protest, ONGC,

Environmentally, India’s Hydrocarbon Sector Enjoys a Regulatory Free-for-all

Water drawn from the handpump has a pronounced reddish tinge (left). The water bought from a private seller is much clearer. Credit: Disha Shetty

Thoothukudi’s Villages Are Paying a Price That No One Is Counting