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09 Apr 2012
DAE is yet to learn lessons from Fukushima

I have read with interest the article “Kudankulam Meltdown” by Latha Jishnu and others. Since it is based on a direct interaction with the people residing near the project site, it has authenticity.

I live in Visakhapatnam which is close to Kovvada where NPCIL is planning to set up another nuclear power complex. The Kudankulam experience is therefore relevant to people like me.

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E A S Sarma
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Climate Change
10 Jan 2012
Coal-based power industry expands rapidly while solar power trots behind

Tuticorin, a coastal district in southern Tamil Nadu, is a large hub for coal-based thermal energy generation with many more such projects in the pipeline. Currently there are 2 power stations commissioned so far. The Tuticorin Thermal Power Station being the largest of them all, as of now, produces power to suffice as much as one-thirds of Tuticorin's demand. The power plant managed by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, produces power through a capacity of 1050 MW. Besides, there is the Ind-Bharath Power Infra Private Ltd which has a 189 MW power generating capacity.

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Man who spoke against Jaitapur plant held

Days after he was stopped from speaking against the government during a public hearing regarding the Jaitapur nuclear power project, local resident Milind Desai and 12 others were arrested by the Ratnagiri police on Tuesday for cases of rioting registered against them after an incident in December 2010.

Desai was arrested early in the morning from his residence and sent in police custody for th

Publication Date: 
02/03/2011
Indian Express (New Delhi)
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Ratnagiri (D), Maharashtra, Energy, Public Hearing, Compensation
Environment

Stronger role of Gram Sabhas needed to check displacement and pollution - Report of a public hearing

Pollution and displacement increasingly threaten the life and livelihood-indeed the very existence - of several rural communities. Panchayati Raj can play a very important role in checking this, but this potential has not been adequately realised yet. A lot of work needs to be done to realise this potential of panchayat raj in checking pollution and displacement.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2010
Bharat Dogra
Panchayati Raj Update
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Gram Sabhas, Environment, Pollution, Displacement, Panchayats, Gorakhpur (D), Kushinagar, Land Acquisition, Compensation, Industrial Pollution, Public Hearing
Industry

A farce called public hearing

G Babu Jayakumar | ENS
    
Public hearings are meant to elicit people's views on upcoming projects, though authorities are not obliged to act on them.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
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Public Hearing, Nuclear Power Plants, Kanchipuram (D), Silent Valley HP, Cheyyar, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Ecosystems, Energy
Energy

Protests stall public hearing on Jaitapur nuclear project

Meena Menon

MADBAN (Ratnagiri district): Angry protests stalled a public hearing of the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) at Madban village in Maharashtra on Sunday. Only after officials acknowledged their mistake of not providing copies of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) to the affected villages, it was allowed to go on under protest.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Energy, Nuclear Power Plants, Maharashtra, Ratnagiri (D), Hindu (New Delhi), Public Hearing
Energy

Protests at hearing on 10,000-Mw nuclear plant

Sanjay Jog / Mumbai May 17, 2010, 1:12 IST

A public hearing today on the 10,000-Mw nuclear power project in coastal Ratnagiri district witnessed loud protests by villagers.

Publication Date: 
17/05/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Energy, Nuclear Power Plants, Maharashtra, Ratnagiri (D), Business Standard (New Delhi), Public Hearing

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