TN Govt okays re-opening of copper smelter plant for 4 months to produce oxygen
Chennai, Apr 26 (UNI) The All Party meeting convened by
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K.Palaniswami on Monday
unanimously resolved to allow Vedanta group to re-open its
Copper smelter plant at Tuticorin for manufacturing oxygen
for a period four months.
The government's decision to allow Vedanta to re-open the
plant--which was shut after 13 anti-sterlite protestors were
killed in a police firing in May 2018--comes in the wake of
increasing demand for oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients.
Representatives of eight recognised parties, including the
ruling AIADMK, Opposition DMK, BJP, PMK, Congress, DMDK