New Delhi: The Government on Monday said there will be no compromise on nuclear safety or livelihood of any section of society in India's pursuit of atomic power, a statement that comes against the backdrop of anti-nuclear protests in Kudankulam and Jaitapur. Addressing a joint sitting of Parliament, President Pratibha Patil asserted that the country would more than double its nuclear power generating capacity in the 12th Five Year Plan...
12:30 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Jaitapur Nuclear power plant protests scheduled for Tuesday have now been been postponed till February 7, keeping in mind the upcoming Zilla Parishad elections. Shiv Sena activists have told villagers that they wouldn't be able to sit for the 'jail bharo' because of the election code of conduct. Reports said that the planned 'jail bharo' agitation in and around JNPP site area on January 24 and 25...
10:14 AM, Jan 24, 2012
Bangalore: Two leading geologists have warned that a magnitude 6-plus earthquake cannot be ruled out in Jaitapur - the proposed site of India's largest 9,900 MW nuclear power plant on the west coast that has seen protests against it for safety reasons - and that it could occur within the lifetime of the power plant. "Since Jaitapur lies in the same compressional stress regime that has been responsible for generating...
01:43 PM, Nov 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a petition seeking to restrain the central government from setting up any new nuclear plants till an analysis of their safety and cost benefits is carried out. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar would hear the petition by NGOs Common Cause, Centre for Public Interest Litigation, 12 former bureaucrats, including former...
04:53 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Kolhapur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday said that there is no link between the proposed nuclear power plant in Jaitapur and the current power crisis in the state. "It would take 10 years to raise Jaitapur power project and there is no link between the proposed project and the current load shedding in the state," he said. His comments come in the backdrop of Shiv Sena executive president...
12:39 AM, Oct 22, 2011
On Face The Nation, Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts whether land is the biggest obstacle to big projects in India. ...
11:52 PM, Jun 22, 2011
Panaji: With a view to evolve a consensus on the proposed Jaitapur nuclear plant in Maharashtra, the Union government has promised to take the civil rights groups, NGOs and activists into confidence. "It will be our attempt to engage all the civil society groups, NGOs and people, who have raised concerns (over the plant), so that their issues are addressed," Union Minister of State for Science, Technology and Earth Sciences,...
05:18 PM, Jun 12, 2011
This week on '30 Minutes' we travel to places where environment and development are seen in conflict with each other. ...
09:05 PM, May 21, 2011
Mumbai: A group of around 20 students on Wednesday boycotted the convocation ceremony at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), as a mark of protest against the proposed Jaitapur nuclear plant in coastal Konkan and POSCO steel project in Orissa. Union Environment minister Jairam Ramesh was the chief guest at the convocation. Around 250 students from different courses (including those who boycotted the function) graduated on Wednesday, earning their...
04:30 PM, May 11, 2011
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This week, two states, separated at birth, completed their 50th birthday celebrations. While comparing siblings is often best avoided, the journey of Maharashtra and Gujarat ...
12:10 AM, May 06, 2011
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On the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster the Indian government announced it will remain committed to its ambitious plans to build a nuclear ...
04:06 PM, Apr 28, 2011
New Delhi: On a day which marks the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the government has made it clear that it will go ahead with the Nuclear Power plant in Jaitapur. In a high level meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, a series of decisions were taken related to nuclear safety and compensation for local people. Angry protests marred the setting up of India's most ambitious nuclear power project...
05:17 PM, Apr 26, 2011
New Delhi: Maharshtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the Jaitapur nuclear power plant issue. The meeting comes close on the heels of Chavan deliberating threadbare on the Jaitapur issue with his deputy Ajit Pawar, Home Minister R R Patil and Industries Minister Narayan Rane in Mumbai. The state leaders are keen to know the Centre's mind on the...
01:27 PM, Apr 26, 2011
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Jaitapur -- real public opposition or political inciting? Environmental issues or rehabilitation worries? These are some of the questions often asked about the agitation in ...
04:24 PM, Apr 25, 2011
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Jaitapur has been on the boil for quite some time now. But this week, the agitation finally turned violent. For those of us who have ...
12:29 PM, Apr 22, 2011
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