Thursday, May 12,
Madras High Court orders Chennai port to stop handling coal & iron ore in the Public Interest.* Litigation filed by the Avoor Muthiah Maistry Street Residents’ Welfare Association in North Chennai nine years ago on the pollution affecting people in the area.
Residents of Chennai living in the vicinity of the city’s port may get a breath of fresh air after the order but on the flipside, an estimated 10,000 people could be rendered jobless
The port annually handles nearly 20 million tonnes of both coal (8 mt) and iron ore (12 mt). And, the consequence of the order could make Chennai port lose revenue of nearly Rs 250 crore a year, as estimated by an official of the port.
Subsequently the Ministry have also retracted on grounds that the move would affect the livelihood of a large number of employees.
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