Jaitapur is a singularly bad bargain, made worse by the undemocratic means being used to ram it down the throats of an unwilling population. CNDP calls for the scrapping of the project.
Jaitapur is a singularly bad bargain, made worse by the undemocratic means being used to ram it down the throats of an unwilling population. CNDP calls for the scrapping of the project.
LOBBYISTS for nuclear arms everywhere, more so in India and Pakistan, would like us to have unalloyed faith in their infallibility. Whatever the nature of their nuclear doctrine, be it declared or wrapped in secrecy, they want their brainwashed citizens to feel invincible under their stewardship.
Lately, Hindus in America have started flying the saffron flag over American-style yoga, which consists largely of yogic asanas and stretches. The leading Indo-American lobby, Hindu American Foundation (HAF), has recently started a vocal campaign to remind Americans that yoga was made in India by Hindus. Not just any ordinary Hindus, but Sanskrit-speaking, forest-dwelling Brahmin sages who learned to discipline their bodies in order to purify their atman. The purist Hindu position, articulated by the HAF, is that all yoga, including its physical or hatha yoga component, is rooted in the Hindu religion/way of life that goes all the way back to the Vedic sages and yogis.
NAPM strongly condemns the high handedness of the police and illegality of their action and demands immediate action against the police officials. As a background, since August 2010, villagers have been protesting at Vadditandra village, Santabommali Mandal in Srikakulam District, against setting up of 2640 MW Bhavanapadu Thermal Power Project, constructed by East Coast Energy Pvt. Ltd. The project is located within the internationally recognised Wetland system of Naupada swamps and just 2.5 kms away from an important Bird Area Site (IBAS) Telineelapuram. According to environmental laws of India Wetlands are protected areas, where no polluting activity can be taken up.
The first thing that strikes the visitor to Jaitapur-Madban in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district, about 400 kilometres from Mumbai, is the sheer beauty of the place, lush with varying shades of green, and with a spectacular view of mountains, valleys, plateaus, lagoons and creeks, besides orchards and farmlands. The second thing that strikes you is the profusion of posters, banners and slogans which say “Areva Go Back†, “NO to Nuclear Power†and “Radiation Kills†in Marathi. This is planned to be the world’s largest nuclear power station. The project will occupy over 968 hectares in five villages—Madban, Niveli, Karel, Mithgavane and Varliwada. It will affect the livelihoods of some 40,000 people, including farmers, horticulturists, fisherfolk, agricultural workers, loaders, transporters, traders, street-vendors, and providers of many other services.
NPCIL officials claim that two-thirds of the land being acquired by the project is “barren†and “unproductive†, and will displace no one. Nothing could be farther from the truth observed by one’s naked eyes.
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