Letter to BS: Vedanta delisting from LSE heralds a new era of concern

The main source of SO2 emission is not Sterlite Copper but power plants in the region that have an aggregate capacity of 4,000 MW

With reference to the article, “Lessons from the Vedanta catastrophe”, by  Raghav Chandra that appeared on July 20. It is indeed disheartening to see a seasoned bureaucrat like Chandra writing a piece that is riddled with factual inaccuracies and fictitious arguments. Such articles hurt the reputation of companies and also mislead readers. We would like to state that the copper smelter at Tuticorin that has been operational for 22 years, follows all safety and environment norms and ranks among the world’s best smelters with one of the least SO2 emissions (4.6 kg/T of cathode) next only to the top smelter,