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India’s anti nuclear protestors are determined despite police crackdown

Police crackdown fails to stop anti-nuclear protests Villagers oppose construction of power plant By Akhel Mathew, March 22, 2012 hiruvananthapuram: The villagers at Idinthakarai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, about 120 km from here, have continued their protest against commissioning of the nuclear power plant in their neighbourhood, despite a police crackdown on the protesters on Sunday night.

The villagers are agitating against the 2,000MW nuclear plant that is nearing commissioning by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India. The project, named the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, was conceived in 1988 but has run into trouble on many occasions, and protests reached a crescendo last year, with villagers resorting to a
chain-fasting agitation……. http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/police-crackdown-fails-to-stop-anti-nuclear-protests-1.998004

March 22, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general