Sterlite gets nod from Green Tribunal to operate Tuticorin plant

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday permitted Sterlite Industries to carry on its activities in its copper smelting plant at Tuticorin, subject to certain directions. The Tribunal comprising Justice Swatanter Kumar, Chairperson and Expert Members, Dr. D. K. Agrawal, Dr. G. K. Pandey and Dr. R. C. Trivedi allowing a petition from Sterlite challenging the order of closure passed by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, said “Shutting down an industry amounts to ‘civil death’ of the company.”

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