In a big blow to Vedanta Ltd, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has ordered the closure of the company's Sterlite copper smelter in Thoothukudi with immediate effect. Further, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working President M K Stalin, who was holding a protest outside the Tamil Nadu secretariat over the Sterlite protests, was detained by the police on Thursday.
Meanwhile, a plea was moved in the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking its direction to the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) to visit the location and conduct a separate inquiry into the violence there.
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Meanwhile, a plea was moved in the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking its direction to the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) to visit the location and conduct a separate inquiry into the violence there.
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