A three-member committee appointed by National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi, to assess the potential environmental impact of the Vedanta Group's Sterlite Copper unit in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, has been to the area in its three-day visit to the State. The committee, led by Tarun Agarwal, retired Chief Justice of the Meghalaya Court, is conducting a hearing in Chennai on Monday.
The NGT had set up the committee on August 20, to visit Thoothukudi, examine the technical data and submit a report on the issue. The Committee is expected to submit the report in six weeks. The committee conducted visit to Thoothukudi on Saturday and Sunday. It has conducted public hearing in Thoothukudi and took note of the allegations by various stakeholders during the visit.
The State government had earlier moved the Supreme Court against NGT's decision to set up a committee, arguing that the Vedanta Group firm's petition to the tribunal is not maintainable, and the remedy for Sterlite Copper was to approach the Madras High Court. However, the Supreme Court upheld NGT's order to form the committee and directed it to go ahead with the matter.
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