Why it is in news?
- Simply closing the Sterlite copper plant may not be the answer to the serious and ongoing threat at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, said a member of the UN Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises
- They had also publicly raised concern over the disproportionate and excessive use of lethal force against protesters outside the Sterlite Copper Plant.
Way forward
- The company is likely to challenge closure. The real issue is to address concerns of affected people and provide them effective remedies.
- Whenever the plant is going to restart, the two critical conditions should be met: all Indian laws should be fully complied with and people consulted in a meaningful way.
- The Indian government has an obligation to ensure that Sterlite Copper as well as Vedanta Ltd. respect all human rights.
Source
The Hindu