Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board

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,

Why the Vedanta-Sterlite Judgement Matters – an Annotated Deconstruction

Nityanand Jayaraman 24/08/2020

Public participation weirded the pitch for Vedanta, a multinational...

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,

Tuticorin Air Quality Improves Noticeably After Sterlite Closure: TNPCB Data

Nityanand Jayaraman 11/12/2019

Any air pollution monitor that does not record a...

Adi-Yogi-statue

But Why Is the Cauvery Calling?

Nityanand Jayaraman 05/11/2019

The Isha Foundation has constructed buildings on sensitive catchment...

FILE PHOTO: Police stand guard outside a copper smelter controlled by London-listed Vedanta Resources in Thoothukudi in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India, May 28, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Sudarshan Varadhan/File Photo

NGT Sets Aside Tamil Nadu Govt’s Order Shutting Down Vedanta Copper Plant

Sudarshan Varadhan 15/12/2018

The decision came months after it was ordered shut...

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...

STERLITE-collage

As Sterlite Plant Expands, a City Erupts in Protest

Lois Sofia 04/04/2018

For the people of Thoothukudi, the story of Sterlite...

New-Site-for-INO-Lab

Centre Grants Environmental Clearance to Ambitious Neutrino Lab on ‘Special’ Basis

The Wire Staff 21/03/2018

An Expert Appraisal Committee of MoEF&CC issued environmental clearance...