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India: Central and State govts ignoring huge anti nuclear protest

The non-violent struggle from people are not being responded to with seriousness by the state government and central government. There is a huge battalion of police personnel around Idinthakarai village.

Indefinite Fast Against Nuclear Plant in Koodankulam, By Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), 16 September, 2011,Countercurrents.org  5th day Update from Idinthakarai Indefinite Fast  Koodankulam: The 25000 people who gathered in Idinthakari village for protesting against Koodankulam nuclear plant rejects Tamil Nadu Chief Minister freebies like mixy, grinder, laptop etc

… distributed on the occasion of Aringar Anna the first CM of Tamil Nadu’s birthday on September 15th.

These people had gathered as part of the ongoing indefinite hunger strike by 127 people from September 11 demanding closure of the nuclear plant in Koodankulam. These fasting people are from the villages in Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts.

More than 15000 people have gathered every day at Idinthakarai. With the fast reaching the 5th day the situation of some of the people are slowly turning critical. The non-violent struggle from people are not being responded to with seriousness by the state government and central government. There is a huge battalion of police personnel around Idinthakarai village. For the fifth day in succession fishermen, farmers, manual laborers, merchants of the area did not go for their jobs while students continued to boycott schools and all shops remain closed for kilometers…. http://www.countercurrents.org/koodankulam160911.htm

September 17, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, opposition to nuclear