Sterlite Copper

FILE PHOTO: A private security guard stands in front of the main gate of Sterlite Industries Ltd's copper plant, a unit of London-based Vedanta Resources, in Tuticorin, in Tamil Nadu March 24, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Sterlite Copper: Tamil Nadu Moves SC Against Order to Reopen Plant

The plea said that the National Green Tribunal has...

Thoothukudi, Tuticorin, Sterlite copper, copper smelting, chimney stack, greenbelt, environmental impact assessment, air quality index, sulphur dioxide, SIPCOT industrial estate, SIPCOT, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, National Air Monitoring Program,

NGT Committee Finds Sterlite Violated Laws but Pleads for Leniency

Nityanand Jayaraman 06/12/2018

Even though there is no dispute that an offence...

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In Setback for TN Govt, NGT-Appointed Panel Says Closure of Sterlite Plant ‘Not Justified’

The Wire Staff 28/11/2018

The three-member committee found that the state's order was against...

Vedanta Gets Interim Relief as Madras High Court Stays Land Allotment Cancellation

Reuters 04/10/2018

The Tamil Nadu state government cancelled land allocated for...

Barricades down after a violent protest demanding closure of Vedanta's Sterlite Copper unit entered its 100th day in Thoothukudi on May 22, 2018. Credit: PTI

Sterlite Plant: SC Asks NGT to Decide Merit, Maintainability After Committee Report

The top court said the NGT should consider these...

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NGT Remits Vedanta’s Plea on Sterlite Plant to Panel Headed by Former Judge

Mining company Vedanta's plea challenging closure of its Sterlite...

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

Disha Shetty 27/06/2018

While the government sat back and watched as the...