Vedanta appealed to supreme court regarding restarting the plant as they are capable of producing Thousand Metric tonnes of oxygen every day and that would be really helpful in meeting India's oxygen demands right now. The plant also came forward to give the oxygen at free of cost without expecting anything in return. However, tamil Nadu government opposed this.
Currently, an All-Party meeting is underway regarding taking a decision with respect to the reopening of the Sterlite plant. In this case, the people in surrounding places have gathered in order to protest against the reopening of the plant. Since today morning there has been a panic around the Sterlite plant and cops have gathered in huge numbers to control the crowd.
Tamil Nadu government expressed the desire to prepare oxygen themselves inside the plant and Vedanta said it would be mayhem as they need proper experience in manufacturing Oxygen. DMK mp kanimozhi in the all-party meeting has told the TN government to grant permission for manufacturing Oxygen. However, kanimozhi has asked the TN government to stop the power supply for other equipment. watch out this space for more updates in this regard.