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Rural movement to stop nuclear power in India

Land trouble may trip N-power in Gujarat Business Standard 14 Nov 09 Maulik Pathak / Jasapara , Vashram Patel, a farmer in the Jasapara village in Gujarat, says it is better to “fight and die” on his land rather than move to another place. “Most of us are illiterate and we have done nothing except farming for generations now. Where will we go?” Patel asks, signalling the beginning of yet another land acquisition problem in India.

 

Patel’s angst may spell trouble for Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) which is planning to set up a 6,000 Mw nuclear power project in the area. NPC is facing protests from farmers who are refusing to make way for the Rs 50,000 crore project, the first major initiative after the civilian nuclear agreement between India and the US.
Villagers at Jasapara and 30 other nearby villages have collectively signed a petition and informed the authorities about their stand………….

Anti-nuclear activists have also formed a group called the Atomic Energy Study Group and have been distributing pamphlets and showing films about the accidents of nuclear plants in places like Chernobyl.

The initiative has left a deep impression on villagers like Arvindsinh Gohil, who has mango orchards in the region. “We have seen how destructive the plant can be in case of any leakage. Also, we do not know what will happen to the waste generated from here. We do not know much about a nuclear plant but we cannot lose our land, which is our only source of livelihood,” Gohil says.

Land trouble may trip N-power in Gujarat

November 14, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons, radioactive