The largest nuclear power station in the world—is under construction in Jaitapur, in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district in Western India to be executed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), a subsidiary of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), with six giant reactors of 1,650 MW megawatts each, designed by the French nuclear company, Areva. The people of the Jaitapur-Madban area, resolutely oppose the project. The Jaitapur nuclear power station has become a great contest of wills between a conscious public and an arrogant officialdom, which has unleashed savage repression against peaceful protesters. It is a test case for the success of popular movements against projects that forcibly acquire people’s lands, wreck their livelihoods, and inflict irreparable damage on the environment. Jaitapur has special public significance because of the project’s nuclear hazards and its location in a unique biodiversity-rich ecosystem.