Many people, who had accused Sterlite Copper of polluting the environment and putting their health in peril, assembled in front of the unit on the Thoothukudi-Madurai Bypass Road and burst crackers in celebration. A victim of gunshot wounds, he told The Hindu that the bullet hit his left arm, missing the chest. “Beyond monetary compensation for victims, we wanted the closure of Sterlite,” he said. Dharmaraj, former chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Thoothukudi, said the closure of Sterlite would certainly affect GDP growth. Not only the industrial economy, but the whole economy of Thoothukudi would suffer due to the closure, he felt.

Source: The Hindu May 28, 2018 19:15 UTC