- Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Radhakrishna N S
An Indian court-appointed panel said on Wednesday (28) that there were insufficient grounds to permanently close Vedanta Ltd’s copper smelter and a Tamil Nadu state government’s decision to shut it amounted to administrative overreach. Police fired on environmental protesters calling for the closure of the plant in the southern town of Thoothukudi in May this year, killing 13. State authorities responded by permanently shutting down the smelter. But a committee of experts set up by the National Green Tribunal, the environmental court, said authorities in Tamil Nadu state where the plant is located had failed to comply with procedures before…
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