The Government of Andhra Pradesh on March 11, 2024, issued the Andhra Pradesh Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation Policy 2023-2028 to encourage and promote the large-scale deployment of energy conservation and efficiency measures in the State. This policy ensures efficient energy usage directly catering to the local and national economy …
Government's principal scientific adviser R Chidambaram on Sunday said the reactors at Koodankulam nuclear power project were safe. Chidambaram said scientists, after examining all safety aspects, have ensured that reactors were safe. Trying to dispel fears raised by the agitators, he said the PM and the Tamil Nadu CM had …
Petitioners seek safety reassessment and cost-benefit analysis of all nuclear facilities A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010, that indemnifies nuclear manufacturers/suppliers and caps the financial liability of operators. The petitioners — …
Villagers continued to protest outside Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) on Friday, preventing employees of the plant from going inside to work. The villagers’ protest against the commissioning of the 2,000-mw nuclear power plant got a boost after Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram opted to be on their side …
The Centre on Saturday termed the action of anti-Kudankulam nuclear power plant activists in preventing scientists and employees from going to work at the unit as “unfortunate” and appealed to them to join negotiations on the issue. Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office, V Narayanasamy told reporters in …
The Centre today termed as “unfortunate” anti-Kudankulam nuclear power plant activists preventing scientists and employees from going to work at the unit and appealed to them to come to the negotiating table. “It is unfortunate — the kind of stopping people (from proceeding to work)... My request is let us …
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday assured the people living in the vicinity of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project that her government would act in such a manner as to respect their views on the issue. “I will be one among you on this issue,” she said, addressing a …
Anti-nuclear power activists protesting against the 2,000 MW Kudankulam nuclear power project on Thursday put up a road block, stopping scientists and engineers from reaching the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC). The protesters also stopped about 6,000 contract workers to enter the plant. An NPC official at the Kudankulam plant told …
Stepping up their protest against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant, agitators on Thursday staged a roadblock in front of the plant site, preventing entry of scientists and workers into the complex. The protest hitherto confined to fast took a new turn even as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa assured the …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said there would be no compromise on safety in the pursuit of the nuclear programme and decided to set up a group of experts to satisfy the legitimate concerns of those opposed to the Kudankulam atomic power plant. "Nothing will be done that would …
Chennai/New Delhi In an unusual move, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reiterated his determination to push ahead with the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu, despite opposition from state chief minister J Jayalalithaa. For the second time in 10 days, Singh wrote to Jayalalithaa on Wednesday reminding her of …
Anti-nuke outfit condemns PM’s letter to Jaya; second round of fast completes 4 days Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sent another letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa which said that commissioning of the nuclear power plant at Kudankulam was in her state’s interest. His statement came in response …
Why can't action be initiated for breach of public peace: RDO Fifteen individuals from Idinthakarai in Tirunelveli district have moved the Madras High Court Bench here challenging a show cause notice issued to them by Cheranmahadevi Revenue Divisional Officer on September 5 seeking explanation as to why action should not …
Hundreds of anti-Kudankulam nuclear power project agitators on Wednesday took out a rally from near the site to Idinthakarai village, where about 160 people are on an indefinite fast since the last four days, demanding closure of the plant. A special prayer meeting and a pooja was also held at …
As protestors stepped up anti-Kudankulam nuclear power plant agitation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cautioned Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa that the state’s development plans would be hit in absence of power from it. The Prime Minister also said that he looked forward to Ms. Jayalalithaa’s continuing support for the …
The one-day token fast observed by the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project protesters at Idinthakarai on Sunday has been converted into a 72-hour-long hunger strike “to condemn the Central Government's adamant attitude” in rejecting the Tamil Nadu Cabinet's recent resolution pertaining to the halting of construction activities at KKNPP. Subsequently, 106 …
Breaking the brief truce, more than 7,000 people on Sunday observed a token fast against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP), and vowed to intensify the struggle if the government did not scrap it. The renewed protest comes two days after PM Manmohan Singh assured a multi-party delegation including the …
Protesters vow to do what it takes to stop Kudankulam power plant The one-day token fast observed by the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project protesters at Idinthakarai on Sunday has been converted into a 72-hour-long hunger strike “to condemn the Central Government's adamant attitude” in rejecting the Tamil Nadu Cabinet's recent …
Amid public resistance to nuclear power projects at Jaitapur and Koodankulam, the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has said the work on both plants will be completed but their could be delay. "There is opposition to these projects. But we are confident that these would be completed though there would …
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said concerns about the safety of nuclear plants would be fully addressed as India tries to achieve the goal of making nuclear energy an important component of the country's energy basket. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, the PM said, "Our plans for utilizing …
