-The Hindu Mumbai: The anti-Jaitapur nuclear power plant groups on Monday protested in front of the Japanese embassy here against a possible nuclear agreement between India and Japan. The protesters claimed that the Japanese government, which has ordered the closure of all 50 nuclear power plants, is eyeing India as a potential market for its companies through the agreement. "On one hand the Japanese government, under people's pressure, is closing down the nuclear...
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Hike in Jaitapur damages
-The Telegraph Mumbai: The Maharashtra government today announced that enhanced compensation for land acquired from locals for the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Park project would be disbursed by October 15. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan made the announcement after talks with the Janhit Sewa Samiti at Sahyadri guest house in Malabar Hill this evening. What the compensation has been hiked to from Rs 22.5 lakh per hectare in February was not clear. The Janhit Sewa...
More »Disaster management authority a disaster?-Sreelatha Menon
-The Business Standard The Uttarakhand floods have put the spotlight on the competence of the national body which was created with a vision 'to build a safer and disaster-resilient India' When thousands got swept away by floods in Uttarakhand on the night of June 16, little help reached the mountains till at least a day had passed. Though the weather department had issued a warning, the magnitude of the disaster shows that...
More »Nuclear threat to Badopal wildlife -Bhaskar Mukherjee
-The Times of India BADOPAL (FATEHABAD): The undulating semi-arid landscape of Badopal village, about 10km from Fatehabad town, is a haven for blackbucks. About 500 blackbucks, deers, neelgai (blue bull) and other species inhabit the area, which has abundant food and other sources necessary for the survival of these animals. However, this habitat faces an uncertain future ever since Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) acquired around 185 acres of land...
More »German journalist deterred from visiting Kudankulam protest site
-PTI Tirunelveli: A German woman journalist and her colleague have been detained for trying to proceed to Idinthakarai, the hub of protests against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, and record the views of the locals, police said. The South Asian Correspondent of a German radio network and her male colleague, who were detained yesterday, planned to air a programme on the protests against KNPP. They would be allowed to go to the...
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