[Reader-list] Protest against Koodankulam N-plant

[Lalit Ambardar]

Waste water from the plant being discharged in to the sea without any
treatment.....????...

 

Is that what is being alleged?


 

If true then it is a very
serious issue. What is the response from the Environment Ministry?

 

Health ‘concerns’ in the
areas in the vicinity of the plant may find answers in the prevailing situation
in the existing plants say in Kalpakam in the neighbourhood.

 

Regards all

 

L A

 

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> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 07:02:10 +0530
> From: peter.ksmtf at gmail.com
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> Subject: [Reader-list] Protest against Koodankulam N-plant
> 
> *Protest against Koodankulam N-plant *
> 
> *Date:03/10/2009* *URL:
> http://www.thehindu.com/2009/10/03/stories/2009100358700300.htm*
> Special Correspondent
> 
>    Thiruvananthapuram: Fish workers and anti-nuclear activists took out a
> protest demonstration in the city on Friday as part of a nation-wide
> agitation against the Koodankulam nuclear plant under construction in Tamil
> Nadu. The protest was organised by the National Alliance of Anti-nuclear
> Movements (NAAM).
> 
> The protesters said that the nuclear plant would lead to pollution in the
> near shore areas, affecting fish stocks. They alleged that this would impact
> on the health of fish-eating people in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.
> 
> Surendranath, a prominent anti-nuclear activist, inaugurated a dharna in
> front of the Secretariat. He said the nuclear energy plant at Koodankulam
> would trigger cancer and genetic disorders in the area. He proposed a
> State-wide awareness programme to highlight the dangers of nuclear energy
> and the proposed Indo-U.S. nuclear deal.
> 
> Addressing the dharna, T. Peter, president of the Kerala Swatantra
> Malsyathozhilali Federation, said the discharge of sea water after cooling
> the nuclear reactor would affect fish stocks and impact on the livelihood of
> fish workers.
> 
> “The traditional fishing community has always lived and worked with deep
> respect for the marine ecology and environment. We can never accept a
> destructive technology like nuclear power,” he said. He appealed to fish
> consumers in Kerala to join the protest. A.S.K. Nair, scientist, said the
> scientific community was yet to come up with a safe nuclear waste management
> system. Citing the nuclear accidents at Chernobyl in the erstwhile Soviet
> Union and Three Mile Island in the United States, he warned that a similar
> accident would threaten the lives of the people in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka and
> Kerala for generations.
> 
> A pressnote issued here said a protest rally was taken in Delhi also.
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