The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday allowed Vedanta access to its administrative unit in the Sterlite Copper plant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. However, the bench said the company did not have access to its production unit and directed the district magistrate to ensure this.
A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice (retd) A K Goel directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to submit within 10 days data on pollution around the Sterlite Copper plant. The bench also made it clear that it would hear Vedanta’s plea on merits and rejected the state government’s submission that the tribunal did not have the jurisdiction to hear the case.