Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has announced a hike in compensation for the project-affected people from Jaitapur.
While rubbishing the worries raised about the environment and security in regard to the nuclear project, Chavan said that the resistance against it was driven by the misconception spread due to vested interests.
The issue related to the proposed project at Jaitapur in Ratnagir
Nagpur Deputy Chief Minister and Energy Minister Ajit Pawar urged Opposition leaders not to protest against power projects in the state, referring to the opposition to the upcoming nuclear power plant at Jaitapur from various quarters.
The 9,900-MW nuclear power project in Ratnagiri district, for which a deal was signed recently between PM Manmohan Singh and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India on Wednesday asked the Centre to take into account public demonstrations in Maharashtra against the setting up of nuclear power plants there and raised environmental issues connected with the Jaitapur project.
It urged the government to make public the contract signed between French civil nuclear company Areva and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Li
Coinciding with the visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy to India, hundreds of people today staged a protest near Jaitapur, the site of the proposed nuclear power project to be built in collaboration with the France-based company Areva.
The protesters included environmentalists, villagers and farmers, who do not want to give away their land for the mega project in the coastal Ratnagiri dis
Mumbai: Members of the Konkan Bachao Samiti and Janahit Seva Samiti on Tuesday questioned the scientific validity of the environmental clearance given to the Jaitapur nuclear power project slated to come up at Madban in Ratnagiri district.
MUMBAI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here on Sunday that he had a few objectives to consider while giving clearance to the Jaitapur nuclear power complex.
Mumbai: The 9900-MWe Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project has received environmental clearance, but with quite a few strings attached.
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh announced the clearance with 35 conditions and safeguards during a press conference here on Sunday.
