Sterlite Copper Plant Shutdown-Protecting Environment vs. Generating Employment |
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Sterlite seemed to have violated the basic condition that hazardous industries were not to be located near habitations with dense human populations. Thoothukudi, with a population of 500,000, was the tenth most populated city in Tamil Nadu. The Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, specified areas where any industry was restricted from establishing and carrying out operations... |
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| Many of the residents who worked in the plant or had relatives working there were in favor of its being reopened. M. Mariammal, a resident of Thoothokudi whose son worked as a supervisor in Sterlite, said, “I wouldn’t have money to buy either water or rice if my son didn’t have that job.” .. |
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| As of September 2018, the matter was before the NGT. Sterlite was waiting for the Tribunal’s verdict before deciding on a further course of action. Ramnath maintained that Sterlite was ready to fight legally against the closure of the plant. The NGT was flooded with tens of thousands of letters from the public, both in support of and against the plant closure. Sterlite submitted 110 thousand letters along with Aadhaar numbers supporting the plant’s reopening... |
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Exhibit I:Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Levels on March 23, 2013 at Sterlite Copper
Exhibit II:Report on Soil and Groundwater Samples in Sterlite Copper and Surrounding Areas
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