1.#Opinion Wednesday, December 29, 2021. 7:00.AM. 2583. 2.##Sterlite Copper, a company that operated its plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district for over 20 years, became a victim of politics, and was forced to shut down in May 2018. : PMO India : Report Card : 28.12.2021
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1.#Opinion Wednesday, December 29, 2021. 7:00.AM. 2583.
2.##Sterlite Copper, a company that operated its plant in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district for over 20 years, became a victim of politics, and was forced to shut down in May 2018. : PMO India : Report Card : 28.12.2021
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The effects are already visible. Production from Sterlite met 40 per cent of India's copper demand and provided livelihoods to around 1 lakh families, either directly or indirectly.
Sterlite Copper, a subsidiary of Sterlite Industries, a company owned by Vedanta Limited, was forced to cease operations following a major protest in 2018.
Protesters claimed that the emissions and waste from the plant were polluting the environment. The plant has remained shut since.
According to Sterlite, the claims were baseless and were propagated by vested interests. The company still firmly defends its position.
While responding to such allegations, Sumathi, chief operating officer of Sterlite said, “No waste has been disposed of in an unhygienic manner from the Sterlite plant. The waste generated at the plant is called ‘ferro sand’. This is used in cement production, road construction, and land-levelling, and has a great demand. We have been selling them to many companies.”
Another accusation was that the plant was emitting high levels of So2, polluting the atmosphere. That, too, appears to be false. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) carried out a source apportionment study in February 2019, after the Sterlite plant’s closure, through the Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research, Anna University, Chennai.
The study revealed that the value for the pollutant PM10 (particulate matter) was exceeding the standard limits of the annual average. It clearly shows that road dust and vehicular emissions were the major factors contributing to the dust in Thoothukudi.
(What more proof you need to know the protest since last several years are motivated protests .)
Since the closure of Sterilite Plant ,India has to import Copper for its domestic demand .
Residents of Thoothukudi have lost employment and are basically on the streets .
The Sterlite Company was not only providing employment to the villagers but give scholarship for schools and colleges,medical facilities ,introduced women empowerment schemes .
Today the poor villagers are orphans waiting to be taken advantage by missionaries in converting .
Evangelism is a big business ,first shut factories ,stop development then swoop in like vultures to convert .
Huge Funds come from abroad to NGO's and Activists to help them in their mission .
Just like the fake smokescreens of Farm or Anti CAA protests, here the smokescreen is fake Environmental issues .
Have you ever seen these NGO and Activists targeting Christmas and EId where lakhs of trees are cut or animals and birds slaughtered, no never .
Their target will be Diwali,Holi ,Shivratri etc
Feasting on their beef steaks ,driving in their SUV's ,burning crackers in their weddings and parties they will be lecturing you on pollution and Environment concerns .
WAKE UP !
STOP FALLING FOR THESE FAKE ACTIVISTS!
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JAI HIND
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