Chief minister Edappadi K Palanisami has sought a detailed report on the Sterlite row from the Tuticorin district administration. The report will soon be sent to him and we expect a good decision to be taken by the chief minister, minister for information and publicity Kadambur C Raju told reporters in Tuticorin on Tuesday. The minister said that upon getting instructions from the chief minister, the minister and the collector would visit the villagers of Kumarattiyapuram, located close to Sterlite, who are continuing their protests to stop the expansion of Sterlite and permanently stop copper production in the plant. “It was the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that gave clearance for the plant to be established and not the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB),” the minister said. He added that the TNPCB has sent a notice to SIPCOT, Tuticorin, seeking explanation on the industrial activities on the site without obtaining permission from TNPCB. Meanwhile, an image file of a notice served by the TNPCB to the SIPCOT in Tuticorin is going viral on social media. The letter dated April 2 has asked for an explanation from SIPCOT within 15 days on the grounds on which industrial activities are carried out in the industrial estate without obtaining clearance from the TNPCB. Interestingly, the projection officer of SIPCOT in Tuticorin A S Leo, who has been named as the respondent in the showcause notice served by the TNPCB, told TOI that he did not get the notice till Tuesday evening. “Since I am unaware of the contents of the notice I am not able to comment on it,” he said. The project officer added that officials in the SIPCOT head office in Chennai alone are authorised to respond to RTI petitions or such official queries. On Monday, responding to issues pertaining to the protests and petitions against Sterlite, collector N Venkatesh told reporters that all complaints against Sterlite are sent to the government. He reassured that the government is studying them and is closely monitoring the issue and will soon come out with a good decision. The collector recalled that last week the sub-collector inspected Sterlite and the village where the protest is going on.