-The Economic Times   The local panchayat adjacent to the kudankulam nuclear power plant has passed a resolution against the project, making things difficult for the state government caught between the rational to commission the nuclear power plant and protest in south Tamil Nadu against it. The panchayat's decision is considered a setback for the Centre's desire to have the plant commissioned at the earliest. The development adds to Tamil Nadu chief minister...

-The Hindu   The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) on Sunday slammed the report of the Government-appointed expert committee on kudankulam as being extremely flawed, premised on obsolete demographic data and opaque on the risks from sub-volcanic activity near the site or health impact on the local population. The PMANE also released a letter to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa seeking her intervention in scrapping the project. In the letter to the Chief Minister–copies of...

The stalemate in relation to the Kuda­nkulam Nuclear Po­wer Project (KK­N­PP) continues despite the ‘fail-safe’ certificate issued by former Indian President Abdul Kalam and the central panel of experts headed by A E Muthunayagam. The representatives of the people of that area are still saying, “We will never settle down for anything less than the scrapping of the KKNPP.” Srikumar Banerjee, secretary of the department of atomic energy, has expressed...

-The Times of India   The anti-nuclear protests by the largely illiterate fishermen and women from coastal hamlets that has stalled the commissioning of the multi-crore nuclear plant at kudankulam in Tirunelveli district enters the 100th day on Thursday. The protests that begun on August 16 in Idinthakarai, also a coastal hamlet with dusty roads and thatched houses adjoining kudankulam, has been a success for the agitators in the sense that they had...

-The Hindu   A pro-nuclear plant agitation has begun: Narayanasamy Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy on Wednesday briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the situation in kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, where an agitation is on against the commissioning of the nuclear power plant. Later speaking to journalists, Mr. Narayanasamy expressed hope that the stalemate would be resolved soon. “A pro-nuclear plant agitation has started in kudankulam…The atmosphere is changing slowly.” Stating...