Tuticorin MP and DMK leader MK Kanimozhi has welcomed the Madras High Court verdict against the reopening of the Sterlite Copper Smelting plant in Tuticorin. Expressing concerns about the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2020, her party wants the Tamil Nadu government to adopt a cabinet decision against Sterlite. Responding to Sterlite's concerns that India now depends on hostile neighbours for copper, she says," Without environment, there is no future. Who are you bringing progress for".