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Indian government ready to get tough on peaceful
fasting anti nuclear protestors

Around 500 police personnel were deployed near the road leading to
the project site on Monday and commandos have been positioned at the
main gate of the KKNPP premises with automatic weapons.

Anti-nuclear protesters embark on 72-hour fast
THE HINDU, 22 Feb 2012 P. SUDHAKAR

Even as
a two-member International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team is camping
at the Kundakulam Nuclear Power Project site for a routine annual review of
reactors that fall under IAEA monitoring, anti-nuke protesters have
announced a 72-hour-long fast in protest against the State Experts’ Panel
convener S. Iniyan’s assertions that the panel members would not meet the
protesting villagers.

“The 72-hour long struggle will commence from Monday midnight as
Maha Sivaratri falls on this day. Hence, to invoke the Almighty’s grace
and blessings to further strengthen the ongoing anti-nuke protests
and condemn the remarks of Dr. Iniyan, the hunger strike is
being observed,” S.P. Udayakumar, convener of the struggle committee,
said after a weekly review meeting at Idinthakarai on Monday…..

“While the State Experts’ Panel has refused to meet our people and
certified that the KKNPP reactors had several safety features, nuclear
experts from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are inspecting the reactors.
It clearly shows that the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
(NPCIL) is carrying out all related works for the early commissioning
of the plant, ignoring the State Cabinet’s resolution. Hence, the
KKNPP administration is clandestinely making the preliminary
arrangements for the commissioning of the plant. Hence this 72-hour
long protest,” said M. Pushparayan, anti-KKNPP struggle committee
member….

Around 500 police personnel were deployed near the road leading to
the project site on Monday and commandos have been positioned at the
main gate of the KKNPP premises with automatic weapons.

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