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2011 12:19 IST | Updated: October 2, 2011 19:39 IST
 Vehicle march from Kerala against Kudankulam nuclear plantRoy Mathew
 [image: Anti-nuclear activists begin their march to Koodankulam from the
Martyr's Memorial in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. Photo: Roy Mathew]
The Hindu Anti-nuclear activists begin their march to Koodankulam from the
Martyr's Memorial in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. Photo: Roy Mathew

Anti-nuclear activists under the aegis of Solidarity Council supporting
Kudankulam anti-nuclear movements began a vehicle march to Kudankulam from
here on Sunday morning.

They demand that the Kerala government should take a stand on the nuclear
power plant coming up at Kudankulam as Tamil Nadu government had done. They
note that the plant is only about 60 km from Thiruvananthapuram. In case of
a nuclear accident at Kudankulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and
Pathanamthitta districts of Kerala would be affected besides the districts
of Tamil Nadu.

The march was joined by groups of people from Peringome and Kothamangalam in
Kerala where nuclear plants had been proposed to be set up in the past. (The
proposals were shelved following protests from the local people.) They will
proceed to Idinthakarai near Kudankulam to express their solidarity and join
the ongoing Satyagrah by local groups in the village.

Anti-nuclear activist Surenda Gadekar inaugurated the march. Dr. N. A.
Kareem, Civic Chandran, C. R. Neelakantan, T. Peter, John Peruvanthanam, B.
Surendranath, T. O. Joseph, N. Subramaniam and other leaders and
representatives of about 30 organisations participated.

On Saturday night, they had staged a torch light procession at Sanghumukhom
here to mark their protest. Leader of the Swatantra Matsyathozhilali
Federation T. Peter said that the plant was being built in an area with high
concentration of fishermen. Their security was in peril. He said that the
agitation would be intensified from November 1.

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