The
Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has approved the proposal to grant
administrative and financial sanction for constructing units 3 & 4
at the Koodankulam site. This sounds like a practical joke being played
on the people of India even as the KKNPP units 1 & 2 are born still
with all kinds of leaks, repairs, technical problems
and low quality parts and equipment. The NPCIL and the ministers of the
Government of India have announced at least 100 commissioning dates so
far from the year 2005.
When
the people of southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala have been waging a massive
struggle against the Kodankulam project for almost 600 days and the
Tamil students all over Tamil Nadu are voicing their opposition to the
project, a meeting headed by the Prime Minister of India makes this
announcement for 3 & 4. This clearly shows the utter apathy and
indifference the UPA government has for the precepts and practices of
democracy in India. Maybe, one
reason is this foreign-nominated Prime Minister is not elected by the
people of India and has never contested any election in his life.
There
are several cases pending against the Koodankulam project as a whole
and the KKNPP units 3-6 in particular at the Delhi High Court, the
Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) about the various
clearances, waste management, liability and so on. This announcement
amounts to a serious contempt of all these courts.
This
desperate announcement also smacks of ingenious designs to conclude all
the nuclear agreements well ahead of the upcoming Parliament elections
so that the Congress party can pocket all the kickbacks and commissions
from these projects before they are thrown to the dustbins of history
soon.
The PMANE dismisses this CCS announcement and expresses its determination to fight tooth and nail against the entire
Koodankulam nuclear power project.
The Struggle Committee
The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE)
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