-The Economic Times Stepping up Kerala's demand for a new dam at Mullaperiyar, chief minister Oommen Chandy said he will meet the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Thursday, even as the opposition leader VS Achuthanandan decided to go on a fast on December 7 on the issue. In an attempt to find a solution to the vexing issue, Chandy would write to his counter part in Tamil Nadu about...
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Activists dub report on Kudankulam flawed
-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...
More »Safety priority for nuclear plants by MS Swaminathan
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...
More »Centre hopes for early resolution to the Kudankulam stalemate
-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...
More »Anti-nuke protests enter 100th day
-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...
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