Vedanta Sterlite Copper smelter lawsuit slated for hearing in Supreme Court in January next year . Agitators are upping ante to prevent plant reopening and demand permanent closure .
With the Vedanta Sterlite Copper smelter lawsuit slated for hearing in the Supreme Court in January next year, anti-Sterlite agitators are upping the ante not only to prevent the plant's reopening, but also demanding its permanent closure.Around 100 people from Sterlite Ethiruppu Makkal Kootamaippu (People Federation Against Sterlite) have signed a petition asking the collector to close Sterlite permanently.At the Tuticorin District Collector's Office, heavy police picketing has been conducted.Senior police officers from the South Zone are stationed in Tuticorin, including IG Asra Garg, DIG Parvesh Kumar, Tirunelvlei SP Saravanan, and Tuticorin SP Balaji Saravanan.
On May 22, 2018, twelve people were killed in the Thoothukudi police shooting, with one more dying the next day.According to a police source, stories about organizing a protest march and a 100-day rally have also surfaced on social media.On December 12, 2022, a Facebook group named makkal Adhikaram-Thoothukudi is said to be encouraging people to hold another rally at the District Collectors office.