It said the order was only a knee-jerk reaction of the state to "appease" a section of public with vested interest Vedanta group's Sterlite Copper Wednesday told the Madras High Court that the Tamil
In a dramatic turn of events, the National Green Tribunal (southern region) has decided to transfer the ongoing Sterlite Industries (copper plant) imbroglio to National Green Tribunal in New Delhi, citing “circumstances did not permit us” to hear the case further in Chennai. The tribunal, which was supposed to announce a decision on an inspection report filed by a team of four on the alleged poisonous gas leakage on Monday, has decided to transfer the case to the principal tribunal in Delhi due to unavoidable circumstances, sources pointed out.
They say people of Tuticorin have been bearing brunt of emission Anti-Sterlite protesters staged a fast here on Monday demanding the permanent closure of Sterlite Copper in Tuticorin. Rev. Fr. Yvon
The south bench of the National Green Tribunal ordered the constitution of a two-member expert committee to inspect Sterlite Industries's controversial copper plant in Tuticorin, which was closed as per
People complained of eye irritation, constant cough: Minister Emission of sulphur dioxide from the Sterlite factory in Tuticorin above the permissible level led to people complaining about the plant, Environment Minister M.C. Sampath told the Assembly on Tuesday. Replying to a calling attention motion, the Minister said continuous monitoring of sulphur dioxide by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) had clearly proved increased emission of gas from the plant on March 23, 2013.
The National Green Tribunal has ordered the constitution of an expert committee to inspect Sterlite Copper smelting unit in Tuticorin. The four-lakh-tonne unit cannot start commercial production but
NGT pulls up District Collector for not filing his counter The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Tuesday submitted before the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, here that Sterlite Industries’ copper smelter plant was not fit for operation and should not be permitted to commence operations in view of numerous incidents of excessive emissions sulphur-dioxide.
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is facing a water deficit of 11%, says a report. This is bad news, coming as it does at the beginning of a torrid summer. While the current total water demand in the state, for domestic,
The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a Chinese company for winding up Sterlite Energy Limited, Tuticorin. The Chinese company, SEPCO III Electric Power Construction Corporation, has a project site office at Baghiamal, Jharsuguda district, Odisha. It prayed for the winding up of Sterlite Energy and for the appointment of an official liquidator.
Sterlite asked to deposit Rs. 100 crore with Collector The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Sterlite copper smelter plant to deposit within three months a compensation of Rs.100 crore with the Tuticorin Collector. A Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and H.L. Gokhale said this amount would be put in fixed deposit in a nationalised bank for a minimum of five years, renewable as and when it expired, and the interest would be spent on suitable measures for improvement of the environment after consultation with the TNPCB and approval of the Government of Tamil Nadu.
India's top court on Tuesday fined British resources giant Vedanta nearly $20 million over pollution from its huge copper smelter, which has just been shut by a new row over a "toxic" gas leak. The court
