30 March, 2013 — The Tamil Nadu Government has relented to public pressure and shut down Sterlite Industries’ copper complex today. According to a worker, officials from 10 government departments arrived by the vanload in the plant last night at 8 p.m. The management then called a meeting of all staff and workers, and […]
30 March, 2013 — The Tamil Nadu Government has relented to public pressure and shut down Sterlite Industries’ copper complex today. According to a worker, officials from 10 government departments arrived by the vanload in the plant last night at 8 p.m. The management then called a meeting of all staff and workers, and announced […]
March 29, 2013 The Times of India TUTICORIN: Protests against Sterlite Industries gathered momentum on Thursday, as large number of people attempted to besiege the plant in the wake of a suspected gas leak in the coastal Tuticorin town few days back. More than 1,200 people including MDMK leader Vaiko, CPI leader Nallakannu, […]
March 28, 2013 The Hindu Business Line TUTICORIN (TN), MAR 28: MDMK General Secretary Vaiko and a group of people were arrested today after they attempted to lay siege to Sterlite Copper Plant here demanding its closure following alleged noxious gas leak, police said. Vaiko said he had been fighting for the past […]
March 28, 2013 The Hindu Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko and a group of people were arrested on Thursday after they attempted to lay siege to Sterlite Copper Plant in Tuticorin demanding its closure following alleged noxious gas leak, police said. Mr. Vaiko said he had been fighting for the past […]
March 28, 2013 Daily News and Analysis Tuticorin Hundreds of people including MDMK leader Vaiko and CPI leader Nallakkanu were arrested when they were on their way to Sterlite Copper smelter unit to picket it, demanding its closure following alleged noxious gas leak. The demand for closure gathered momentum after an unspecified gas […]
27 March, 2013. Thoothukudi — Residents of the coastal Tamilnadu town of Thoothukudi are gearing up for a major showdown with Sterlite on 28 March, less than a week after a massive gas leak injured hundreds of people for kilometres around the company’s controversial copper smelter. Numerous groups, cutting across political lines, will march […]