Activists want government to take over Sterlite plant
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10 protesters detained after attempting to stage a dharna
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10 protesters detained after attempting to stage a dharna
The Anti-Sterlite Thoothukudi People’s Movement on Monday said the State government must take over the entire Sterlite Copper premises, dismantle the copper smelter unit and “other harmful units” there and “then start operating the oxygen plant under its control”.
Warning of intensified protests if the oxygen production is used for backroom revival of operations of the copper smelter unit, Krishnamurthy, a representative of the movement, said,
“If it is opened again, the people will uproot it completely through their revolution.” The anti-Sterlite movement was an organic one and not dependent on political support, he said.
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Relatives and members of various Dalit outfits stage road roko in front of Palayamkottai Central Prison on Friday.
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₹1 crore compensation sought
Relatives and members of various Dalit outfits blocked the road in front of Palayamkottai Central Prison on Friday protesting the killing of a remand prisoner on the jail premises on Thursday by a few inmates and demanding registration of a murder case against prison authorities for failing to save him.
When P. Muthu Mano of Vagaikulam near Moontradaippu in the district, who was arrested on April 8 along with three of his associates for an attempt to murder two brothers from another community near Kalakkad, was brought to Palayamkottai Central Prison along with his accomplices from Srivaikundam sub-jail, he was attacked by a group of inmates.