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The Maharashtra government, in a bid to pacify locals opposing the proposed 9,900 Mw Jaitapur nuclear power project in Ratnagiri district, has cleared payment of Rs 10 lakh per acre to project affected persons (PAPs). This is to be paid by the developer, Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC). Earlier, NPC had …
To dispel fears of villagers opposed to the nuclear power project in Jaitapur, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) will distribute a comic book that will also focus on the benefits they would reap from nuclear energy. The comic, Ek Tha Budhiya: Kahani Ek Khushal Gaon Ki (The Story …
Lamenting the lack of public debate in India, the former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, A.P. Shah, said during the public hearing on the safety, viability and cost efficiency of nuclear energy here on Saturday that the Jaitapur nuclear power project would be a catastrophe if all the safety …
To dispel fears of villagers opposed to the nuclear power project in Jaitapur, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) will distribute a comic book that will also focus on the benefits they would reap from nuclear energy. The comic, Ek Tha Budhiya: Kahani Ek Khushal Gaon Ki (The Story …
MUMBAI: The central hall at St Xavier's College had a packed audience on Thursday, the first day of the 'people's tribunal on the safety, viability and cost efficiency of nuclear energy'. Environmental activists, researchers, project-affected persons and retired navy personnel deposed before the tribunal headed by A P Shah, former …
New Delhi: After Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh faced agitating students at Tata Institute of Social Sciences protesting against the clearance to the Jaitapur nuclear power plant, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India has promised to make a presentation to the faculty and students at the Mumbai campus. NPCIL has …
Sharad Pawar To send expert panel for effects on fisheries, mangoes. While reiterating his earlier support for the Jaitapur nuclear project in Maharashtra
A group of over 25 scientists, bureaucrats and activists released a statement on April 19, demanding transparency in India’s nuclear power programme. The statement was released a day after a clash between policemen and those protesting the proposed nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Maharashtra. One person was killed and …
In a discussion with students of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on Wednesday, union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh revealed that the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) was not happy with the public hearing conducted by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for the …
The nuclear power plant project at Jaitapur may have cleared the ground but has run into a hurdle with the finance ministry refusing to provide a blanket guarantee to the project funding. The Budget division of the ministry has informed Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) that the government would not …
A new compensation package totalling over Rs450 crore for people affected by the Jaitapur nuclear power project is expected to be announced soon. The package, put together by the Maharashtra government and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, betters the initial Rs 15 crore compensation offered by the state …
Parties like the INLD and the HJC of Kuldeep Bishnoi, which are opposing the Fatehabad nuclear power plant, must be having their own reasons to do so. However, the fact remains that their patrons demanded this plant whenever they were in power. In that way, one can say, there is
GANDHINAGAR: The decision of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to come up with a nuclear plant along Saurashtra sea coast is likely to suffer a setback. Well-placed Sachivalaya sources have said that the Gujarat government is "already in two minds" whether to go ahead with the NPCIL's plan …
Even though the Haryana government has initiated the process of setting up a second nuclear power plant in the state, it is facing stiff opposition from a section of farmers whose land is to be acquired for the first nuclear plant in Fatehabad. The notification for the acquisition of over …
Both are in campaign mode. Not to win an election or canvass votes for a candidate. But, the two organisations with contrary viewpoints are trying to convince the local people, including college students, against the dangers and advantages of setting up hi-tech nuclear reactors at Kovvada in Srikakualam district. Even …
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government today hurriedly cleared the decks for a long-pending nuclear regulatory authority at a top-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The step was taken in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan coupled with the fear of another Anna Hazare-type protest …
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Tuesday that a generous new compensation package would shortly be announced for the farmers whose lands have been acquired. With the PM according the safety of nuclear plants the highest priority, the NPCIL and Maharashtra government have assured him that all efforts would …
The meeting held between PM Manmohan Singh, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Chairman Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and other senior officials reviewed current status of the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project as well as safety concerns arising out of the nuclear accident at Fukushima in Japan and their impact on …
The safety of nuclear power plants has become the hot topic of debate everywhere after the Fukushima disaster. Safety concerns have been raised over the 9,900 MW Jaitapur nuclear power project (JNPP). DNA got in touch with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) to answer queries over the …
