-Louis Thomas/ 26.5.2018
13 were dead and more than hundred were left wounded after police opened fire upon the peaceful protestors of Tuticorin demanding closure of polluting Sterlite Copper melting facility at Tuticorin.
Sterlite facility is located in Tuticorin (Thoothukudi), southern tip of state of Tamil Nadu in India. Sterlite is subsidiary of Vedanta Pvt Ltd, a UK based company, owned by Anil Agarwal, an NRI, residing in London.
Vedanta is having mining operations and industrial plants in various countries. In india alone, apart from Tamilnadu it has plants in states of Rajasthan, Goa and Orissa. Orissa government had allotted vast regions in Niyamagiri hills to Vedanta for bauxite mining, but the project could not take off for severe resistance from tribal people. It also had to shut its plants in Goa and Rajasthan for severe resistance by the masses. Supreme Court and various High Courts have passed orders to shut down its plants citing environmental violations.
Sterlite facility is located in Tuticorin (Thoothukudi), southern tip of state of Tamil Nadu in India. Sterlite is subsidiary of Vedanta Pvt Ltd, a UK based company, owned by Anil Agarwal, an NRI, residing in London.
Vedanta is having mining operations and industrial plants in various countries. In india alone, apart from Tamilnadu it has plants in states of Rajasthan, Goa and Orissa. Orissa government had allotted vast regions in Niyamagiri hills to Vedanta for bauxite mining, but the project could not take off for severe resistance from tribal people. It also had to shut its plants in Goa and Rajasthan for severe resistance by the masses. Supreme Court and various High Courts have passed orders to shut down its plants citing environmental violations.
