NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has directed the Sterlite Industries Ltd to remove deficiencies in its copper plant at Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, which is causing environment pollution.In an interim order, a bench of justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to issue a direction to the company within two weeks and give a reasonable time to it to take appropriate measures to stop pollution."We direct the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to issue directions in exercise of its powers under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, to the petitioners-industry to carry out the aforesaid measures and remove the aforesaid deficiencies within such time as it thinks reasonable and proper," the bench said. The court passed the order after going through a report filed by the Pollution Control Board pointing out a series of deficiencies in the operation of the plant which was causing pollution.In the meantime, the bench said the interim stay on the Madras High Court's order which had directed the closure of the plant will continue."The directions will be issued by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board within two weeks from today. The matter will be listed in the first week of January, 2012 and the interim stay of the impugned judgment will continue till then," the bench said.The High Court had directed that the industrial unit of the company be closed down immediately because of the environmental pollution caused by it.
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