No other factory in Tamil Nadu to produce oxygen other than Sterlite, asks Kamal Haasan

Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan has opposed the Tamil Nadu government's decision to temporarily reopen Vedanta's Sterlite copper plant to produce life-saving gas, oxygen.

Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president and actor Kamal Haasan has condemned the Tamil Nadu government's decision to temporarily reopen Vedanta's Sterlite copper plant to produce oxygen, an essential element for critical Covid-19 patients. The Tamil Nadu government on Monday allowed Vedanta’s Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi district to reopen for the sole purpose of producing oxygen for four months. The decision was taken in view of the depleting oxygen reserves amid the surge in Covid-19 cases. The plant was sealed in May 2018 after 13 protesters were killed in police firing during a violent anti-Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi