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Silent emergency in Koodankulam [1]

For the villagers around the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu who are agitating against its commissioning, it is as if they are facing a second Emergency, albeit a silent one. False cases have been slapped against them, their leaders have been charged with sedition and waging war against the government, prohibitory orders have been issued within a seven-km radius of the plant and the government continues to spread stories that the struggle is being funded by foreign sources.

Publication Date: 
04/08/2012
S Senthalir [2]
Economic and Political Weekly [3]
47
31
23-26
Tags:
Koodunkulam APS [4], Tamil Nadu [5], Conflicts [6], Tirunelveli (D) [7], Public Hearing [8], Finance [9], Human Rights [10], Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) [11], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [12], High Court [13], Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL) [14], Nuclear Safety [15], Nuclear Power Plants [16]
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