The villagers protesting against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday entered sea water and started a 'Jal Satyagraha' demanding the loading of uranium fuel in the reactors be stopped. ...
03:33 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Protest against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant is growing. One of the fears highlighted by the protesters is the threat of seismological activity on the nuclear power plant.Most of India falls in the moderate risk to very high risk seismic zones and so do a majority of India's nuclear reactors. The map below plots India's nuclear power plants on a seismic map. ...
01:24 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Kudankulam: Kudankulam witnessed a sea of protestors as the agitation against the nuclear power plant turned into a 'Jal Satyagraha' on Thursday. Hundreds of protestors entered the sea waters against the loading of fuel into the reactors of the plant. The protestors raised black flags and formed human chains in the sea as more and more people continued to join the 'Jal Satyagraha'. The protestors also included women and children...
12:49 PM, Sep 13, 2012
One of the Kudankulam activists said that they will continue to protest at sea and are ready to sacrifice their lives for the cause. ...
12:08 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Kudankulam: 2.48 pm: The Supreme Court to hear on September 20 the plea against commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. The Center told the Supreme Court that loading of fuel is just a first step, production will begin two months after the fuel is loaded. 2.41 pm: No stay on loading of fuel into Kudankulam plant for now. The Supreme Court on Thursday heard arguments of both sides. 1:05...
11:42 AM, Sep 13, 2012
Lawyer Prashant Bhushan's plea for an immediate stay on the Kudankulam plant's operation will come up for hearing on Thursday. ...
10:27 AM, Sep 13, 2012
Kudankulam: The anti-nuclear plant agitation in Kudankulam is expected to worsen on Thursday, with villagers and activists threatening to protest by entering the sea, turning the agitation into a 'Jal Satyagraha'. This comes on a day the plant will start loading uranium fuel in one of the two reactors. In fact, a significant development is expected on Thursday on the plea against the move in the Supreme Court. Lawyer Prashant...
07:52 AM, Sep 13, 2012
Dramatic scenes in Madhya Pradesh as the state used force to evict a group of villagers protesting in neck deep water. ...
11:31 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Kudankulam (TN): Taking a cue from 'Jal Satyagraha' activists in Madhya Pradesh, opponents of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant on Wednesday threatened to stand in the sea off Idianthakarai coast from Thursday as a stepped-up form of agitation. Sources in People's Movement of Nuclear Energy (PMANE), which is spearheading the stir, said the agitators have put forward four demands - stoppage of the process of fuel-loading in KNPP, giving up...
10:50 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Kudankulam: As the situation in Kudankulam continued to remain tense, DMK supremo Karunanidhi blamed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for the violence. "There has been a death. There has been violence against protestors who were protesting peacefully. The police and the state are responsible for this violence at Kudankulam. The Jaya government has deployed police forces to curb the protests," Karunanidhi said. Villagers alleged that the police were destroying their...
03:31 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Kudankulam: Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal joined the Kudankulam agitation on Wednesday and slammed the police for allegedly destroying the protestors' houses. The villagers had alleged that the police destroyed their property while searching their homes. Arvind Kejriwal claimed the police destroyed 40 boats of fishermen. "The police is ransacking the houses of the people living here. 40 boats of poor fishermen have been destroyed by the policemen. This is not...
12:30 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Kudankulam: The situation in Kudankulam continues be tense. The villagers have now alleged that the police were carrying out searches at their homes. The villagers allege that the police have destroyed their property while searching their homes. Anti-nuclear movement leader SP Udayakumar may be be arrested on Wednesday even as more support comes in from India against corruption. IAC member and social activist Arvind Kejriwal is also likely to join...
12:01 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Kudankulam: The situation remains tense in Kudankulam with the police and protestors stationed near the nuclear plant site. Anti-nuclear movement leader SP Udayakumar may be be arrested on Wednesday even as more support comes in from India against corruption. IAC member and social activist Arvind Kejriwal is also likely to join the protest on Wednesday. "If Udayakumar is listening to me then I would request him not to surrender the...
07:59 AM, Sep 12, 2012
Tension intensified near Kudankulam nuclear plant on Tuesday where the villagers continued their hunger strike. ...
11:26 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Kudankulam: Protests have intensified against the nuclear power plant at Kudankulamin Tirunellveli-Kattabomman district of Tamil Nadu with activist and Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) Convenor SP Udayakumar threatening to court arrest along with other leaders if the plant is operationalised while senior lawyer Prasant Bhushan moved the Supreme Court against the loading of fuel. Udayakumar alleged that the police had been spreading false rumours about the protestors being violent....
07:19 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst the violent protests at Kudankulam, Supreme Court lawyer and anti-corruption crusader Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday filed a petition in the apex court to stop fuel loading at the nuclear power plant. In his petition, Bhushan has said that the own task force of the government had recommended 17 safety features to be installed at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. He has alleged that the plant is being...
05:43 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Kudankulam: Anti-nuclear activist SP Udayakumar has appealed to the protestors at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant to allow him and three others to surrender peacefully on Tuesday night in the presence of a national leader. Addressing the protestors at the nuclear plant, Udayakumar accused the police of spreading false information about the protestors. He said that the police was spreading false information that the protestors had taken policemen as hostage,...
05:04 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Kudankulam: Situation remained tense at Kudankulum where 14 protesters were arrested on Tuesday for pelting stones at the police and indulging in unlawful activities. With this the total number of arrests has gone up to 51 since Monday. Meanwhile, Prashant Bhushan has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to stop fuel loading at the plant. The stand-off between anti-nuclear plant villagers and police continues and reports say the leader...
02:50 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Kudankulam: Tamil Nadu is one of the states suffering from unprecedented power cuts. So why has there been such an opposition by the villagers of Kudankulam to the nuclear power plant? Following are some of the pros and cons of the project: Pros: - It's a technologically proven design. - It has two reactors. When fully operational it will generate 2,000 MW of power. In the first phase, it will...
01:16 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Kudankulam: The village of Kudankulam remained tense on Tuesday as the stand-off between anti-nuclear plant villagers and police continues. Reports say the leader of the protest SP Udayakumar and a few others are likely to court arrest later in the day. Anti-nuclear protesters continued with their relay fast at the epicentre of protests, condemning the action against anti-KNPP activists. Tens of thousands of protesters spent the night camping in open...
12:54 PM, Sep 11, 2012
