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News Archive

  • 9 August 2011: "CPI(M) demands scrapping of Jaitapur nuclear project" (Tehelka) [Source]
  • 9 August 2011: "BJP for review of nuclear power projects" (The Hindu) [Source]
  • 9 August 2011: "Locals stand firm against Kovvada Nuclear Park" (The New Indian Express) [Source]
  • 8 August 2011: "Political parties fund anti-Jaitapur fire" (DNA) [Source]
  • 8 August 2011: "Govt plans n-Act change to tackle Jaitapur hurdle" (Indian Express) [Source]
  • 7 August 2011: "Experts speak out against nuclear projects" (Times of India) [Source]
  • 4 August 2011: "PMO drags feet on Civil Nuclear Liability Bill" (India Today) [Source]
  • 3 August 2011: "South Korea and India sign Nuclear Energy agreement" (IIFL) [Source]
  • 2 August 2011: "Human error led to radiation incident at Kakrapar atomic power station" (DNA) [Source]
  • 2 August 2011: "Furnish status of rehabilitation: HC" (Hindustan Times) [Source]
  • 1 August 2011: "A future that's not nuclear" (Deccan Herald) [Source]
  • 29 July 2011: "Clinton's Nuclear Bargain With India" (Truthout) [Source]
  • 28 July, 2011: "Left to target UPA on price rise during monsoon session" (Hindustan Times) [Source]
  • 28 July 2011: "An Indian Anti-Nuclear Movement?" (Institute for  Defense Studies & Analysis)  [Source]
  • 27 July 2011: "N-plant protests to reach Jantar Mantar" (Tehelka) [Source]
  • 27 July 2011: "Green Challenges" (Frontline) [Source]
  • 26 July 2011: "Court relief for Jaitapur activist-judge" (Times of India) [Source]
  • 26 July 2011: "South Korea and India sign nuclear deal" (BBC News) [Source]
  • 25 July 2011: "NPCIL to borrow $5.7 bn for world's largest nuclear plant" (Financial Express) [Source]
  • 22 July 2011: "India Maps Out a Nuclear Power Future, Amid Opposition" (National Geographic) [Source]
  • 21 July 2011: "Jaitapur, 'a first choice candidate to become a second Fukushima'?" (Dianuke.org) [Source]
  • 2o July 2011: "Germany's Jaitapur? How a village fought n-power" (Economic Times) [Source]
  • 19 July 2011: "Former finance secretary asks new environment minister to correct human rights violations" (Moneylife) [Source]
  • 19 July 2011: "Jaitapur Evolutionary Pressurized Reactors design approved" (Daily News and Analysis) [Source]
  • 19 July 2011: "Tummalapalle in A.P. could have one of world's largest uranium reserves" (The Hindu) [Source]
  • 18 July 2011: "India begins construction of 25th nuclear plant" (The Hindu) [Source]
  • 15 July 2011: "No public hearing on Jaitapur: HC" (Hindustan Times) [Source]
  • 13 July 2011: "Left Condemns Nuclear Plant." (Economic Times) [Source]
  • 13 July 2011: "Congress continues to disrupt anti-nuclear meetings." (Hindustan Times) [Source]
  • "Will We Ever Learn?" - Surender Gadekar's manifesto Against India's Nuclear Push [Source]
  • 11 July 2011: "Congress Goons disrupt anti-Jaitapur Meeting"  (DNA: Daily News and Analysis) [Source]
  • 10 July 2011: “Help Us Oppose Jaitapur” (Prasad Patil, The Asian Age) [Source]
  • 10 July 2011: “Maharashtra CPI Condemns Disruption of Anti-Jaitapur Meet” (IBN Live) [Source]
  • 8 July 2011: “Students Give Voice to Jaitapur Struggle” (DNA: Daily News and Analysis) [Source]
  • 7 July 2011: "JaitapurSpeaks.com goes online!" (The Hindustan Times) [Source]
  • 6 July 2011: Supreme Court slams states for misusing Land Acquisition Act. (Lawyers Club India) [Source]
  • 5 July 2011: “Jaitapur Activists to Challenge Green Clearance (The Hindustan Times) [Source]
  • 29 June 2011: “Dr. Kalam’s Statements on Nuclear Power Improper: Prof Rao” (The Economic Times)[Source]
  • 29 June 2011: “Is Land the New High-Risk Asset” (The Asian Age) [Source]
  • 28 June 2011: “Nuclear for the Poor, Reneweables for the Rich” (by Stephen Leahy, World News) [Source]
  • 25 June 2011: “The Element of Doubt about Jairam Ramesh” (Tehelka: India’s Independent Weekly News Magazine) [Source]
  • 21 June 2011: “Of Land and Livelihood Conflict” (The Wall Street Journal: Live Mint) [Source]
  • 21 June 2011: “National Policey on Environmental Impact Assessment Soon” (DNA: Daily News and Analysis) [Source]
  • 16 June 2011: Farmers Say No to N-Power Plant (Deccan Herald) [Source]
  • 16 June 2011: Fukushima Slows Pace of N-Power Addition (Business Standard) [Source]
  • 12 June 2011: Government to Address Issues Raised by Protesters over Jaitapur Issue (Daily News and Analysis) [Source]
  • 10 June 2011: "Stop Work on Jaitapur Project"’ (Hindustan Times) [Source]
  • 10 June 2011: Rahul Skirting Around Jaitapur Stir: Sena CEO [Source]
  • 7 June 2011: The Great Land Grab (Aljazeera) [Source]
  • 5 June 2011: Jaitapur Plant will Go Ahead (India Blooms) [Source]
  • 4 June 2011: Environment Minister Asserts Jaitapur Project Will Be Implemented (Economic Times) [Source]
  • 2 June 2011: 10 Lakh’s per acres for Project Affected Persons, Maharasthra Govt. Says. (Business Standard) [Source]
  • 2 June 2011: Government announces payments to landowners stripped by JNPP (The Hindu) [Source]
  • May 31st: German move to shut N-plants may affect Jaitapur plan [Source]
  • 31 May 2011: Binayak Sen gives thumbs down to Jaitapur plant [Source]
    “Government seems to be acting like guarantor to a process of expropriation of access to common property resources and handing over those properties to private parties.”
  • 28 May 2011: Farmers Say No to N-Power Plant (Deccan Herald) [Source]
  • May 28th: Enhanced Jaitapur relief package ready for nod (Indian Express) [Source]
  • 27 May 2011: Government May Not Pay More for Jaitapur Land (Hindustan Times) [Source]
  • 23 May 2011: Comprehensive study on impact of Jaitapur project on flora, fauna (The Hindu) [Source]
  • 23 May 2011: Judge condemns lack of study on Jaitapur plant (The Hindu) [Source]
    “‘There is a clear failure of undertaking a safety study.’ He suggested that the EAC should send ask for another Environment Impact Assessment (EIA).”
    “Whereas the MoEF should also have stipulated that the absolute temperature of the mixed water should not exceed 33 degrees Celsius at any point of time, because at this temperature, marine life would be deprived of dissolved oxygen and would be unable to survive,” he said.
    “Nobody has undertaken this study [on the impact on marine animals]. We are going to have six reactors with substantial energy production,” Justice Shah said.
  • 19 May 2011: “Over My Dead Body” (Afternoon Despatch and Courier) [Source]
  • 19 April 2011: Violent Protests Rock Jaitapur in Reaction to Protestor’s Death at Hands of Police (Nerve) [Source]
  • 4 March 2011: KBS and JSS to Intensify Protests (New Kerala) [Source]
  • 27 February 2011: Jaitapur Won’t Relent (Times of India) [Source]
    Villagers claimed the acquisition was "undemocratic and unjust". Only 126 of the 2,335-odd families, whose land is under acquisition, have agreed to the compensation offered by the government.
  • 3 December 2010: European Pressurized Reactors Costlier, Less Efficient (Nerve) [Source]

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