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Vedanta lauds SC asking NGT to decide on Sterlite plant
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SME Times News Bureau | 18 Aug, 2018
Mining major Vedanta on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court's decision not
to entertain the Tamil Nadu government's plea against the National
Green Tribunal (NGT) order allowing the company access to the
administrative unit inside its subsidiary Sterlite Copper's closed plant
at Tuticorin.
Directing the NGT earlier on Friday to take a
final decision on the matter, an apex court bench also did not grant a
stay on the proceedings of the case at the NGT challenging the smelter
plant closure, as was sought by the Tamil Nadu government.
"We
welcome the Supreme Court's decision directing that both the
maintainability and merit of our case should be heard and decided by the
National Green Tribunal. Our appeal is already scheduled for hearing
before the National Green Tribunal on August 20, 2018," a Sterlite
Copper statement said. Tamil Nadu had ordered the closure of the
Sterlite Tuticorin plant, around 650 km from Chennai, following
protests and the death of 13 persons in police firing on May 22. The
victims were taking part in a protest against the Sterlite Copper
smelter plant.
On August 9, the NGT had allowed the London-listed
Vedanta Resources led by Anil Agarwal to enter the administrative unit
inside its Sterlite copper plant, observing that no environmental damage
would be caused by allowing access to the administrative section.
The state government had challenged the NGT's order in the apex court.
Earlier
this week, the Madras High Court issued a notice to Vedanta on a
petition seeking Rs 750 crore towards rehabilitation of people who are
affected by the pollution allegedly caused by the plant, and towards the
relief of victims injured in the May police firing.
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