The State will get 122 MW of power from a mega power project at Tuticorin at Rs.2.92 a unit, Electricity Minister A.K. Balan has said.

At a meeting on 2 October 2006 the Council on Ethics for the Government Pension Fund

Sethu Samudram Project

Industries without a concern for the environment deteriorate the land, water and air in an area. When the industrial activity is located in the coastal zone the harm it causes to the varied components of the environment becomes irreparable.

Shereen Bhan speaks to Sterlite Copper's CEO P Ramnath about the escalation of protests in Tuticorin against the company's plant.

10 Jan 2012

Tuticorin, a coastal district in southern Tamil Nadu, is a large hub for coal-based thermal energy generation with many more such projects in the pipeline. Currently there are 2 power stations commissioned so far. The Tuticorin Thermal Power Station being the largest of them all, as of now, produces power to suffice as much as one-thirds of Tuticorin's demand. The power plant managed by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, produces power through a capacity of 1050 MW. Besides, there is the Ind-Bharath Power Infra Private Ltd which has a 189 MW power generating capacity.

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has extended the stay on the order of the Madras High Court with regard to Sterlite Industries till the second week of December.

A Bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and H L Gokhale directed the respondents to file their replies in four weeks and the rejoinder thereafter in two weeks.

The Bench also asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to file the

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the London-listed Vedanta group company to give details about the steps being taken by it to comply with the environmental norms at Sterlite

While continuing its stay on the Madras high court order for closing of Sterlite, a subsidiary of MNC Vedanta in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court on Monday admitted the company

Vedanta Group Co Was Told To Close Copper Smelting Plant For Environmental Hazards

New Delhi: Sterlite Industries on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against the Madras High Court order that directed the company to shut down its copper smelting plant at Tuticorin for not complying with the environmental norms.

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