-The Indian Express The police today fired teargas shells to disperse anti-nuclear protesters, who again tried to lay siege to the nuclear power plant here demanding a halt to the loading of enriched uranium in the reactor. Defying prohibitory orders, the protesters refused to disperse from the sea shores, 500 metres away from the Kudankulam Nulcear Power project, despite repeated pleas by top police and district officials. As the standoff continued this morning,...
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Kudankulam protests: Villagers hold huge rally amid tight security Reported -Sam Daniel, Mala Das & Shamik Ghosh
-NDTV Kudankulam: With enriched uranium fuel set to be loaded in the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, protests against the controversial project were intensified again today. An uneasy calm prevailed at the nuclear plant with anti-nuclear protesters bracing for a showdown with authorities. Villagers in and around the site of the plant held a rally today to reiterate their demand of shutting down the controversial nuclear plant. Defying prohibitory orders,...
More »Winning the case for promotion quotas -Anup Surendranath
-The Hindu More than a political consensus, it is hard data on the absence of marginalised sections from the higher bureaucracy that will give legitimacy to the measure The decision to amend the Constitution to ensure reservation in promotions for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes has been the subject of much scrutiny without paying sufficient critical attention to the discourse of the Supreme Court on the issue. While the Court...
More »Clearances for KKNPP are not arbitrary: HC -KT Sangameswaran
-The Hindu Says Central, State Governments have taken safety measures The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board have applied their mind in all clearances and statutorily passed various orders relating to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP). There is no scope for the Madras High Court to presume that the orders are arbitrary, a Division Bench has held. Passing orders...
More »Court thumbs up for Kudankulam project -KT Sangameswaran
-The Hindu The Madras High Court on Friday cleared the decks for the commissioning of Units I and II of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), holding that there was no impediment to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd to proceed with the project. However, it made it clear that the regulatory authorities should periodically oversee the compliance and maintenance of standards of pollution. “By taking note of the overall situation,...
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