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Related: About this forumIndian government ready to get tough on peaceful fasting anti nuclear protestors
http://antinuclear.net/2012/02/22/indian-government-ready-to-get-tough-on-peaceful-fasting-anti-nuclear-protestors/Indian government ready to get tough on peaceful
fasting anti nuclear protestors
Around 500 police personnel were deployed near the road leading to
the project site on Monday and commandos have been positioned at the
main gate of the KKNPP premises with automatic weapons.
Anti-nuclear protesters embark on 72-hour fast
THE HINDU, 22 Feb 2012 P. SUDHAKAR
Even as
a two-member International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team is camping
at the Kundakulam Nuclear Power Project site for a routine annual review of
reactors that fall under IAEA monitoring, anti-nuke protesters have
announced a 72-hour-long fast in protest against the State Experts Panel
convener S. Iniyans assertions that the panel members would not meet the
protesting villagers.
The 72-hour long struggle will commence from Monday midnight as
Maha Sivaratri falls on this day. Hence, to invoke the Almightys grace
and blessings to further strengthen the ongoing anti-nuke protests
and condemn the remarks of Dr. Iniyan, the hunger strike is
being observed, S.P. Udayakumar, convener of the struggle committee,
said after a weekly review meeting at Idinthakarai on Monday ..
While the State Experts Panel has refused to meet our people and
certified that the KKNPP reactors had several safety features, nuclear
experts from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are inspecting the reactors.
It clearly shows that the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
(NPCIL) is carrying out all related works for the early commissioning
of the plant, ignoring the State Cabinets resolution. Hence, the
KKNPP administration is clandestinely making the preliminary
arrangements for the commissioning of the plant. Hence this 72-hour
long protest, said M. Pushparayan, anti-KKNPP struggle committee
member .
Around 500 police personnel were deployed near the road leading to
the project site on Monday and commandos have been positioned at the
main gate of the KKNPP premises with automatic weapons.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2913956.ece
kristopher
(29,798 posts)wtmusic
(39,166 posts)I've been looking through the article, but I'm coming up empty. Did you just make that up?
It seems more likely they're doing the responsible thing - safeguarding the facility and making sure the 'peaceful protestors' don't do something stupid. Especially in light of this part you conveniently left out:
"KKNPP sources said that the IAEA members, as part of their routine visit to the plant, had come to the site after the arrival of nuclear fuel assemblies.
'Apart from inspecting the safety features, the team members will also ensure the safety of the fuel assemblies during their brief stay here.' "
Not much here without your added "juice", is there?
bananas
(27,509 posts)It's all from the first link,
she does an excellent job of collecting news stories,
extracting important snippets,
and adding cartoons and comments that get to the point.
wtmusic
(39,166 posts)Though most antinuclear reporting is fictional, it's not even good fiction.
bananas
(27,509 posts)wtmusic
(39,166 posts)They're ready to safeguard the nuke plant.
A lie.
wtmusic
(39,166 posts)This is almost as suspenseful as waiting for Fukushima corium to hit the water table
bananas
(27,509 posts)it really gets the point across:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x216601
Citigroup reports on Nuclear Economics
thecorporate killer
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kristopher
(29,798 posts)Your presumption isn't reasonable.
kristopher
(29,798 posts)FP Politics Feb 22, 2012
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today conveyed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that NCTC in its present format disturbs the federal structure. She also questioned the timing of the executive order.
I have told him that the executive order on National Counter-Terrorism Centre is wrong. I have urged him to finish consultation with the states before implementing it, Banerjee told reporters after meeting the prime minister at his 7 Race Course Road residence in New Delhi.
...
Expressing surprise at the timing of the NCTC order, she said, In the prime ministers letter that I received yesterday it was mentioned that NCTC is framed as per the suggestion of 2001 GoM meeting. I asked the prime minister about the necessity to implement the suggestion after 11 years.
She said NCTC in the present form is dangerous as anyone from any place could be arrested without the knowledge of the state police...
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-now-mamata-to-pm-on-nctc-221909.html
They are having similar problems with local government approval of nuclear in West Bengal.
Sachin Parashar, TNN Sep 9, 2011, 02.50am IST
NEW DELHI: The government is looking at allotting another site for nuclear reactor to Russia in place of Haripur in West Bengal, a location marred by controversy. Confirming that the Russians have officially sought another site, government sources indicated a new site could be allotted soon.
The Mamta Banerjee-led government in the state announced last month that it was going to scrap the project, but it did not prevent Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from making a strong case for nuclear energy when he visited Kolkata later.
"There is no decision yet but we are looking at the request from the Russians. We can allot another site to them," said a senior government source. The Russians have been expressing concern about protests in Haripur since last year, but the government was still hopeful of a way out. With Mamata's regime not relenting, the Centre has been forced to think of other alternative sites.
West Bengal power minister said in the assembly last month that the government would not allow any nuclear power plant to be set up in the state. Russia's state-owned nuclear power equipment and service giant Rosatom had asked the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to consider allotting it another site for the plant...
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-09/india/30134866_1_nuclear-power-haripur-rosatom