TNCC appeals to Jaya to help operationalise KNPP
PTI | 06:01 PM,Jan 28,2012Tirunelveli (TN), Jan 28 (PTI) The state unit of the Congress today appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to help Centre operationalise the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, facing stiff opposition from members of the local population demanding its closure on safety grounds. "I appeal to the Chief Minister and Tamil Nadu government to work in tandem with Centre to operationalise the plant at the earliest as it would help towards the development of Tamil Nadu," he told reporters here. Asked if the state government was not cooperating with the Centre, in the wake of continued protests against the Indo-Russian joint venture, he said Tamil Nadu government was not against the plant, but called for more "proactive steps," from it. Describing KKNPP as an important national project, he said it would cater to the needs of an energy-starved India. Moreover, 50 per cent of the nuclear energy produced from the two reactors at KNPP, about 925 mw, will be given to Tamil Nadu, Gnanadesikan said. Congress will hold a public meeting here on February 4 urging the commissioning of the KNPP. Gnanadesikan said Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan and Union Minister of State in the PMO, V Narayanaswamy will be among those who participate in the meeting.
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