They are angry because sterlite is polluting. They have been demanding that the factory should be shut down. They feel betrayed by the Supreme Court, the pollution control board, the district administration, the ministry of environment and the state government. All of them are supposed to regulate and enforce the law. But, they have been blatantly supporting the company. The people are also very upset because wherever they go in that town they see the name of Sterlite, a company that they despise because of its pollution. They see the name of Sterlite because the company, in the name of corporate social responsibility, has been "adopting" parks in the collectorate campsu, paying large sums of money to the Thoothukudi police for purchse of CCTV cameras and things like that, which highlight the conflict of interest. It also explains to the people that they don't really matter, that the rich guys get together and protect their own interests.