AIR pollution levels unchanged after Sterlite shutdown
Even as the Vedanta management and the Tamil Nadu government slug it out at the National Green Tribunal after the Sterlite smelter plant shutdown over charges of pollution and air …
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Madras High Court has granted an interim stay on the land allotment for Sterlite expansion project
The Tamil Nadu government had earlier cancelled the allotment of land for the expansion of Sterlite Copper in Thoothukudi district. Months after the Tamil Nadu government cancelled the land allotment …
Tuticorin district got the National Award under Best Performing District
Tuticorin district got the National Award under Best Performing District Category in Swachh Survekshan Grameen-2018( Sanitation Rankings for Rural area) under Swachh Bharat Mission. Tuticorin is ranked 2nd in the …
Hopeful that Sterlite copper plant will be reopened soon, says Vedanta
CEO Anil Agarwal addressed media persons on Monday on the sidelines of the OALP contract-signing event of the Petroleum Ministry. Anil Agarwal, CEO of Vedanta Limited, the parent company of …
‘Streamline train service between Madurai and Thoothukudi’
Railway passengers have sought streamlining of the day train service between Thoothukudi and Chennai especially on the stretch between the town and Madurai where precious time is lost in linking …
Won’t spoil Lois Sofia’s plans to fly back to Canada, say police
The research scholar was arrested for allegedly raising anti-BJP slogans in the presence of party’s State president Tamilisai Soundararajan on a Chennai-Thoothukudi flight on September 3. The police on Monday agreed not …
Sterlite row: Vedanta submits 45,000 letters in support of plant to National Green Tribunal panel
Vedanta Limited, a mining firm that owns the Sterlite Copper plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi, on Monday submitted 45,000 letters in favour of the copper smelter to a committee formed …
Biodegradable waste turns manure in farmlands in Thoothukudi
80 tonnes of manure has been made from waste collected in seven wards Biodegradable waste from seven wards in Thoothukudi has not been ending up in a dump yard for …
Sterlite issue: Panel holds hearing in Chennai
The three-member committee formed to survey the Sterlite copper smelter plant in Thoothukudi will be holding a public hearing in Chennai today. According to reports, the team, led by retired …
Kanimozhi urges PM Modi to set up Third Launch Pad in Tuticorin’s Kulasekarapattinam
In a letter to Mr Modi, Kanimozhi said setting up of the launch pad at Kulasekarapattinam, near the equator, would be useful in GSLV missions DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi on Saturday urged …