The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday granted Vedanta Limited access to it's administrative section of the Sterlite Copper plant in Tuticorin. However, the green panel said that production process will continue to remain shut.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson, Adarsh Kumar Goel further directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to submit analysis on baseline pollution data of SIPCOT industrial area.
The green panel was hearing a plea moved by Vedanta, where the mining major had challenged the state government’s order of closure of the copper plant .
The tribunal also rejected the state government’s submission challenging the maintainability of Vedanta’s plea.
Following major protests against the operation of the plant, in May this year, the State government had issued closure order against Sterlite.
