AA Edit | Sterlite: Jinxed from start?

Hope the new management changes the culture, reaches out to the people and heralds a new beginning for the facility

Missing environmental activist T. Mugilan detained by Andhra police

People had protested against construction of Sterlite copper plant, claiming that it was polluting groundwater, hazardous for environment.

On May 22, 13 people were killed and over 60 injured in alleged police firing during violent protest against Sterlite plant in Thoothukudi.

Madras High Court has asked Tamil Nadu govt to explain by June 6 the circumstances that led to firing in Thoothukudi.

The land allotted for doubling the plant’s capacity, which would have made Sterlite India’s top copper producer, was also cancelled.

A day after the first plant was permanently shut, the land allotted for the second copper smelting plant was cancelled on Tuesday.

The decision was ordered by Tamil Nadu DGP TK Rajendran and announced on Tuesday.

An FIR filed in the case has now revealed the officer's name who gave a green signal to carry out the firing which killed 13.

The company had filed an application in February to obtain environmental clearance to expand its plant in Tuticorin.

Eleven people, including a 16-year-old girl, have died in Tuticorin during the anti-Sterlite protest on Tuesday.