Sterlite plant to reopen as green court cancels Tamil Nadu order

December 15, 2018 14:11

The country's green court set aside today the Tamil Nadu state government's order to close Vedanta's copper smelter plant permanently. The National Green Tribunal or NGT directed the Tamil Nadu state pollution regulator to pass a fresh order of renewal of consent for Vedanta's copper smelter within three weeks.

It also directed the company to spend Rs 100 crore within a period of three years for the welfare of people in the area.

The NGT order came months after the Tamil Nadu government ordered the smelter to be shut down over alleged pollution.

Protesters calling for its closure became violent in May and police fired on them, killing 13.

The AIADMK government in the southern state led by Chief Minister E Palaniswami and other parties are against the plant's operation.

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