Tuticorin

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The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Vedanta group to carry out upkeep of its Sterlite copper unit at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu under the supervision of a local level monitoring committee. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narsimha and J B Pardiwala allowed the evacuation of remaining gypsum at the plant and the required manpower as requested by the unit. The top court took note of the July 2022 report of the High Powered Committee, set up by the Tamil Nadu government, for carrying out a Civil and Structural Safety Integrity Assessment Study' of the plant. At least 13 people were killed and several injured on May 22, 2018 when police had opened fire on a huge crowd of people protesting against environment pollution being allegedly caused by the factory. The Tamil Nadu government had on May 28, 2018 ordered the state pollution control board to seal and "permanently" close the mining group's copper plant following violent protests over pollution ...

In order to cater the rising passenger traffic and the demand for better services, Airports Authority of India's Tuticorin airport is undergoing major upgradation at a cost of Rs 381 crore

According to Vedanta, the start of winding-off operations on Friday is done to allow enough time for the defrosting process before the date indicated by the Supreme Court.

Vedanta said it would await the formation of the oversight committee by the state government as directed by SC bench on resuming the operation of its facility in Tamil Nadu to produce oxygen

The interim plea by Vedanta was opposed by Tamil Nadu government which claimed before a bench that the plant had been polluting consistently.

India has emerged as an importer of copper ore and concentrates and imports more than 90 per cent of its concentrate requirements due to lack of copper mines in the country