Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
A sea-based agitation against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project passed off peacefully on Monday, with around 700 boats, including 150 mechanised vessels, carrying more than 3,000 fishermen participating in the protest. With black flags fluttering on their boats, protesters raised slogans against the ready-to-be-commissioned nuclear complex and the Central and …
Initial fuel loading having been completed, firm looks at safety measures at the project site for Thursday's hearing Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC), which completed initial fuel loading at the Kudankulam plant, would soon seek the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) nod to close the reactor vessel before starting the process …
Madurai, 7 Oct: Stepping up their protest against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant, People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), spearheading the stir, would lay siege to the sea at about 500 metres away from the KNPP tomorrow. Fishers, farmers, traders and volunteers of various political parties from Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli and …
The European Union’s energy chief may have declared that the bloc’s 143 nuclear power stations are “satisfactory” but a report on the state of each of those nuclear reactors has pointed to hundreds of problems was presented to EU three days ago in Brussels. The report suggests that the problems …
Members of the Congress’s Chennai districts held a demonstration in support of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday. They played the electricity card, raising questions over whether the protestors did not want electricity for their homes. “The power situation in TN is already in a bad state. If we …
“Any agreement in violation of statute or law is void,” says Bench The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Union government to explain whether an agreement with Russia to waive civil liability in case of an accident at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant would have an impact on the exchequer. …
The State unit of the CPI (M) on Thursday urged the government to form an independent expert committee to go into the safety aspects of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in the wake of apprehensions expressed by the local people about its safety. Mr. Ramakrishnan said the party was …
After loading fuel in all 163 fuel assemblies at Unit-I of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP), scientists on Tuesday launched the criticality process — jargon for generating energy — which is its main activity. Mark the symbolism in the choice of dates: while fuel loading began on Ganesh Chaturthi …
The Government may consider tighter environment and safety norms for the Kudankulam nuclear plant even as it insists that all current conditions are being strictly complied with. Asked if a safety review was on the cards, given the Supreme Court’s statement on Thursday that the plant could be shut if …
‘What we need is awareness drive and not concern’ Coming out in support of the Union Government, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Friday said the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu is safe and there is no need for people living in the surrounding areas to protest. …
Land near slaughter house used as unauthorised dumping yard Residential areas south of Government Engineering College here has become uninhabitable in the recent past as the rubbish, particularly the plastic waste, being burnt in the unofficial garbage dumping yard of the Corporation near Melapalayam modern slaughter house generates huge volume …
Kudankulam plant is absolutely safe even without the 17 recommendations of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, says NPCIL During a hearing in the Supreme Court on Thursday on petitions related to the Kudankulam plant, Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioners, argued that the plant got a vague environmental clearance in …
The safety of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant and storage of nuclear waste is of prime concern that should be addressed by the Union Government, the Supreme Court told the Centre on Thursday. Hearing petitions relating to the plant, a Bench of Justices K. S. Radhakrishnan and Deepak Misra told …
Seeks closure of a sand mining unit belonging to V.V. Minerals, country’s largest exporter of garnet A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here seeking a direction to Tirunelveli Collector to close down a sand mining unit of V.V. Minerals, one of the …
Kottar diocese Bishop Peter Remugius has urged the State as well as the Centre to take immediate steps to allay the fear among the fisherfolk regarding the commissioning of the nuclear plant at Kudankulam. When he was contacted about his stand on the power project as the fishermen from the …
Atomic Energy Commission chairman R K Sinha said the first unit of 1,000 Mw at the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu should be operational by the end of the calender year. Fuel loading, deferred after the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) directed upgrade of safety applications, was on and …
M. Appavu writes to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Former MLA of Radhapuram M. Appavu has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop the filling-up of enriched uranium fuel in the first reactor of Kudannkulam Nuclear Power Project until credible arrangements are made to send the nuclear waste to be generated …
Petitioner draws parallel with crackdown on Baba Ramdev and his supporters The Madras High Court Bench here on Monday sought to know the State government’s stand on a couple of public interest litigation petitions seeking a judicial probe into the pitched battle between the police and anti-nuclear agitators at Idinthakarai …
Agitators demand withdrawal of police force from Idinthakarai Condemning the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board’s nod for fuel loading in the first reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, fishermen of coastal hamlets in the district formed human chain on the beach on Saturday. In the agitation held at Uvari, Koothenkuzhi, Idinthakarai, …
The State government is committed to allaying fear of people around Kundankulam before commissioning the nuclear power plant, said R.Vaithilingam, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, here on Sunday. At the inauguration of a government exhibition here Mr.Vaithilingam said Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had allotted Rs.500 crore for taking up welfare …
