Tuticorin (TN): The Sterlite Copper Smelter unit here, which was shut down over two months ago, has resumed operations after the National Green Tribunal's expert panel gave a green signal, officials said on Monday.
The panel members conducted its second phase of inspection yesterday and checked if the pollution monitoring equipment at the unit was working properly.
Later they gave the green signal for the operation of the plant and the oxygen plant of the unit was started around 6 pm. Full-fledged working of the plant is expected to commence in a few days, maximum one week, when production would start, officials said.
The team, comprising IIT Professors Sai, Liji Philip, Member-Secretary of Central Pollution control board Kamyotra, and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Member-Secretary Balaji, would conduct one more phase of inspection and a report would be submitted to NGT and Supreme Court after that, they said....
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