From: Vivek sundara
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 6:36 PM
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Subject: Koodamkulam Satyagraha: VR Krishna Iyer writes to Jayalalitha
Date: 18 September 2011
Subject: Koodamkulam Satyagraha: VR Krishna Iyer writes to Jayalalitha
September 17, 2011
Madam Jayalalithaa,
I do not know you personally though have heard about you from my
son's wife who was a student in the school just a year below you.
I am convinced that my request is just. This I write with the
responsibility of a successful judge of the Supreme Court of India for
seven years. If you have trust in me and in my words, if your heart
responds to the feelings of thousands of villagers at Koodankulam
against the hazards of nuclear power, I plead with you on bended knees
to judge sensitively to the appeal of the masses and show compassion
and political wisdom without further delay. Please initiate without
further delay a genuine dialogue with the people who are on hunger
strike and consider their concerns. The non-violent struggle which
enters 7th day needs your immediate intervention and due
consideration. I feel that Tamil Nadu and South India as a whole will
be indebted to you if you act at this juncture. I will also request
to the movement to continue the Satyagraha without putting life of the
people in danger and not resort to violence. I write this letter
because I respect your integrity and kindness.
The facts of the case are enclosed herewith which I do not
repeat. It is your fundamental duty to show compassion under Article
51A and alleviate distress and wipe every tear from every eye. Your
kindness will be rewarded because there is divinity in your being and
every acts of goodness will be reciprocated. Please don't disappoint.
With regards,
Yours sincerely,
V.R. KRISHNA IYER
Encl : as above
To
Her Excellency Ms. J. Jayalalithaa
Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Poes Guardian
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE)
Koodankulam
With the hunger strike crossing 6 days the situation of many of the
127 people on hunger strike in Indinthakarai is becoming more and more
critical. More than 15000 people have been gathering every day for the
past 6 days from 30 odd villages around Koodankulam from 3 districts
Kanaykumari, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli. The 127 fasting people are
from all 3 districts. Doctors and nurse are monitoring them
consistently. With the deteriorating health situation of some of the
fasters the doctors are concerned that some peoples condition could go
beyond control if the fast continues and fasters are not heeding to
the doctors advice. If such a situation arises then the crowd who are
gathering in Idinthakarai and the people in the neighbouring villages
and districts could turn violent. There is a huge battalion of police
personnel around Idinthakarai and neighbouring villages. There is road
blockage for around 20 kms and no shops are open also. For the fifth
day in succession fishermen, farmers, manual laborers, merchants of
the area did not go for their jobs while students continued to boycott
schools and all shops remain closed for kilometers around
Idinthakarai. No food is available for the people who are gathering
for the protest and most of them who return to the villages and come
back the next day are day fasting also. People are losing their
patience. There are false cases against 500 odd people filed by the
police before the fasting started. Four people have also been put in
jail.
Meanwhile the Chief Minster of Tamil Nadu and the Nuclear Power
Corporation of India Limited officials are trying to undermine the fat
and protest by issuing press releases saying that the nuclear plant if
safe even to factors beyond their control and understanding like
natural disasters, accidents and terrorist attacks. On the 6th day of
the fast no effort from the state or central government has happened
with the fasters.
The concern of the people in terms of the impact on people in
neighbouring places is nowhere addressed to by the state and central
government. One just needs to go to Kalpakkam further North in Tamil
Nadu itself to understand the impact that an operating nuclear plant
could have on neighbouring places. Radiation exposure has been
reported within the plant many times and plant staff exposed to
radiation has died also. Since plant operations began in the early
1980s, incidents of cancer and auto-immune thyroid diseases in the
surrounding villages have increased considerably and many people have
died also. The whole nuclear operation by the government is held in
secrecy and no worthwhile information is available in public domain.
With the two 1000MW reactors nearing completion Koodamkulam is going
to produce 5 times more power and resulting radiation compared
In the mean time the protest is spreading to outside of Idnthakarai
also. In neighboring Kanyakumari district some colleges had gone on
strike. The local MP Helen Davidson's house was picketed. The
collector office in Kanaykumari was also picketed. Small protests
happened in Chennai and Thoothukudi. From the neighboring villages of
Koodankulam nuclear plant town ship where the staff of the plant
including Russians stay the people mostly women have refused to go for
work. The non violent protests that are happening is not being paid
enough attention by the governments and they are playing with peoples
emotions and patience.
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