updated: Apr 23 2021, 19:59 ist Anti-Sterlite protesters and activists on Friday told the Tamil Nadu government that they are opposed to Vedanta-owned Sterlite Copper getting access to its massive copper smelter in Thoothukudi even if it was just for producing oxygen at its oxygen manufacturing plants. At a closed door meeting chaired by Thoothukudi District Collector K Senthil Raj on Friday morning, activists and locals vehemently opposed reopening of the plant. The meeting came hours before the Supreme Court heard Vedanta's plea seeking access to its oxygen plants inside the massive smelter to produce oxygen for treating Covid-19 patients. A few people who were present at the meeting supported Sterlite Copper's plea and opined that the company can be allowed access to its plant for producing oxygen. However, they were shouted down by people opposed to Sterlite, eye-witnesses said, adding that a few pro-Sterlite locals were manhandled while they were leaving the Collectorate.