Almost a month ago, when the Jayalalithaa-appointed state expert panel gave a clean chit to the kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), Firstpost had stated that the agitation was practically over. It was only a matter of time before the protesters were either asked to vacate the plant site or were forcibly removed. Since then, the PMANE (People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy) and the local struggle committee were essentially waging a losing...

kudankulam plant comes under 3-tier security cover; activists call for indefinite fast Police moved against those protesting the kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) on Monday, arresting 11 activists, including two members of the anti-KKNPP struggle committee. This is the first time the police cracked the whip on protesters in the last seven and half months. The nuclear power plant came under a three-tier security cover soon after the Cabinet cleared the decks...

-The Times of India With Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa giving the nod for the kudankulam nuclear power plants, Russia said that it was going to send its scientists to the site on Tuesday to start commissioning work for the first unit of the reactors. Russian officials in India said that Moscow stood vindicated by Jayalalithaa's decision to back the reactors that couldn't be commissioned last year because of sudden protests...

-The Hindu   Chief Minister dwells on findings of experts' panel The State government's Rs.500-crore package for infrastructure development in kudankulam consists of facilities for repairs of mechanised boats of fishermen and fish cold storage, according to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Announcing the State government's decision on the resumption of the kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNNP) in a five-page statement, Ms. Jayalalithaa stated that the package also included housing and road infrastructure improvement. She gave an...

It was the news S.K. Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), was waiting for in the past several months. The news of the Tamil Nadu Cabinet decision to allow the resumption of work on the kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) also sparked a wave of euphoria through the NPCIL's township near kudankulam in Tirunelveli district . “The NPCIL is very happy, and we are...