CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday rejected the Union water resources ministry’s suo motu study report on the ground water contamination in Tuticorin, alleging that it “appears to support” the Sterlite industry.Tamil Nadu demanded that the ministry withdraw the entire report since competent statutory authority of the state had already conducted a detailed analysis on which a decision had been taken by the government to shut down the unit.In a strongly worded letter to Union water resources secretary UP Singh, chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan said, “Tamil Nadu strongly feels that the report is motivated and has been prepared only to prejudice the state government and the TNPCB cases in various judicial fora. The law and order situation in and around Tuticorin has returned to normalcy and such an unscientific report will be likely to aggravate the law and order situation.”The officer said the government was “extremely perturbed” that the ministry had chosen to commission a study and obtain a report from the Central Ground Water Board in Tuticorin without any intimation to the state or to any statutory authorities, including TN Pollution Control Board. The ministry sent the report to state on September 5.The circumstances under which the ministry had asked the board to study were lacking bona fides and inappropriate at this point of time, Girija said.She pointed out the detailed studies were conducted by TNPCB. The matter was sub judice before the appellate authority, National Green Tribunal, Madras high court and Supreme Court.According to the chief secretary, the concluding para of the report had pointed out that investigation team could not enter Sterlite unit as it was shut down permanently. Therefore, it could not be stated that M/s Sterlite Industry was only cause of pollution.“This conclusion, which appears to support the Sterlite Industry, is totally unwarranted, besides being absolutely vague and is not supported by any empirical data whatsoever. It does not appear to be made on any scientific basis and it is not known how the two scientists who have submitted the report have made such a vague and an unsubstantiated statement in the report,” she said.