The Vedanta Group’s Sterlite Copper plant in Tamil Nadu has been a source of trouble for almost five years. In May 2018, the government shut down the plant after public protests and police shootings that killed 13 protesters. Since then, the plant has been shut down, and there has been a lot of talk about whether or not it should be reopened. Vedanta recently said that they have been sending high-purity oxygen that is good enough for medical use to 32 districts in Tamil Nadu.
So far, they have given out 2132 MT and 7833 nm3 of oxygen, and they have 134 MT of liquid medical oxygen in stock. Vedanta says that if they reopen the Sterlite Copper plant, they will be able to make even more oxygen to help with the crisis at Covid-19. But since the Sterlite Copper plant closed in 2018, the Tamil Nadu government has been against reopening it. The government shut down the plant in May 2018 for a number of reasons, such as pollution and damage to the environment.
The government has held public hearings in Thoothukudi, where most of the people involved have said they don’t want the plant to open back up. Pollution is one of the main reasons why people don’t want the Sterlite Copper plant to open back up. People say that the plant puts out toxic gases, pollutes the soil and water, and hurts the health of the people in the area. The main reason why the Tamil Nadu government doesn’t want the plant to open again is that they are worried about the environment.
The fact that the plant closed in May 2018 is another reason why people don’t like it. Protests against Vedanta’s facility had been going on for 100 days when police shot and killed 13 civilians. The event made people angry all over the country and made people wonder if the police were using too much force. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is looking into the shooting by police, which has made people even more against reopening the Sterlite Copper plant.
Many people think it would be disrespectful to the people who died during the protests to reopen the plant. The CBI’s investigation into the police shooting has also made people less likely to want the plant to open again. We don’t yet know how this problem will be solved or what will happen to the Sterlite Copper plant in the future. Check the website often for more news from all over the world.
