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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate numerous projects besides dedicate to the nation, various developmental initiatives, all totally worth over Rs 4,800 crore, here on Saturday. The PM would inaugurate the new terminal building at the airport, developed at a cost of around Rs 450 crore, and would undertake a walk through the new terminal building, according to an official release. He will dedicate to the nation two strategically significant highway projects - 4-laning of 50 km SethiyathopeCholapuram stretch of NH-36, developed for over Rs 2,350 crore under the VikravandiThanjavur corridor, and 6-laning of the 5.16 km NH-138 Tuticorin Port Road, built at around Rs 200 crore. He would inaugurate North Cargo BerthIII with a cargo handling capacity of 6.96 MMTPA at V O Chidambaranar Port established at a cost of Rs 285 crore, and dedicate three key railway infrastructure projects in southern Tamil Nadu to boost sustainable and efficient connectivity. The projects ...
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Vedanta group to carry out upkeep of its Sterlite copper unit at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu under the supervision of a local level monitoring committee. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narsimha and J B Pardiwala allowed the evacuation of remaining gypsum at the plant and the required manpower as requested by the unit. The top court took note of the July 2022 report of the High Powered Committee, set up by the Tamil Nadu government, for carrying out a Civil and Structural Safety Integrity Assessment Study' of the plant. At least 13 people were killed and several injured on May 22, 2018 when police had opened fire on a huge crowd of people protesting against environment pollution being allegedly caused by the factory. The Tamil Nadu government had on May 28, 2018 ordered the state pollution control board to seal and "permanently" close the mining group's copper plant following violent protests over pollution ...