Environment Pollution By Sterlite

In a setback to Vedanta, the Madras High Court today rejected the company's plea to reopen Sterlite Copper smelting plant in the state's Tuticorin district. The plant has been shut since April 2018. Thirteen people were killed in police firing in May the same year during protests against the plant. Today's court order upheld the Tamil Nadu governme...

Tuesday's protests in the port city of Tuticorin, now called Thoothukudi, were to mark 100 days of their protests against the Sterlite plant, one of India's biggest copper plants, because they felt it was polluting their environment, The residents had been accusing the plant of polluting ground water for years

Sterlite Industries said on Thursday that it is committed to implementing global standards of environment, health and safety at its plant in Tuticorin, which has received the National Green Tribunal nod to re-start operations.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Madras High Court's interim order on closure of Sterlite's copper smelting plant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu.This stay will be in operation till the date of next hearing on October 18.  Sterlite Industries had earlier approached Supreme Court seeking a stay of the Madras High Court order to close its copper ...

In a setback to Vedanta, the Madras High Court today rejected the company's plea to reopen Sterlite Copper smelting plant in the state's Tuticorin district. The plant has been shut since April 2018. Thirteen people were killed in police firing in May the same year during protests against the plant. Today's court order upheld the Tamil Nadu governme...

Tuesday's protests in the port city of Tuticorin, now called Thoothukudi, were to mark 100 days of their protests against the Sterlite plant, one of India's biggest copper plants, because they felt it was polluting their environment, The residents had been accusing the plant of polluting ground water for years

Sterlite Industries said on Thursday that it is committed to implementing global standards of environment, health and safety at its plant in Tuticorin, which has received the National Green Tribunal nod to re-start operations.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Madras High Court's interim order on closure of Sterlite's copper smelting plant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu.This stay will be in operation till the date of next hearing on October 18.  Sterlite Industries had earlier approached Supreme Court seeking a stay of the Madras High Court order to close its copper ...