[rti4empowerment] Fw: Fishworkers destroyed model of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant [1 Attachment]

<*>[Attachment(s) from Urvi Sukul Singh included below]



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From: "T Peter" <peter.ksmtf@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:06 AM
To: "invites" <invites@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Fishworkers destroyed model of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant

> Appeal against nuclear power project
>
> Thiruvananthapuram, September 15, 2012 : THE HINDU
>
> Activists of the Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation
> destroyed model of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant at a
> demonstration in Thiruvananthapuramon
>
> Fish workers' bodies plan agitation
>
> September 17 to be observed as protest day
>
> Kerala Swathantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF) and the
> National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) have urged the State and Union
> governments to drop the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project and set up
> wind farms along the coast to generate power.
>
> Addressing reporters here on Thursday, T. Peter, secretary, NFF; P.P.
> John, State president, KSMTF; and J.P. John, district president;
> questioned the motive of locating the nuclear plant in the densely
> populated Kudankulam coast. Highlighting the possibility of a nuclear
> accident as the major cause for concern, they feared that the constant
> discharge of hot water into the sea from the plant would deplete fish
> stocks.
>
> KSMTF and NFF were embarking on a State-wide agitation from Friday to
> express solidarity with the ongoing stir against the project. Fish
> workers and their families would take out a march to the Secretariat
> here on Friday and stage a dharna. The agitation would be extended to
> other districts over the next few days. NFF would observing September
> 17 as protest day in New Delhi and in coastal States.
>
> KSMTF urged the State government to adopt a stand against nuclear
> plants. Mr. John said the oceanarium project in Kochi showcased at the
> Emerging Kerala meet would pose a threat to the fisheries sector.
>
> The office-bearers said the Chief Minister's announcement that the
> coastal waters would be opened up for movement of cargo vessels had
> led to concern among fishermen who used gillnets along the coast from
> Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod. Mr. John urged the government to
> restrict the movement of cargo vessels beyond the 12-nautical-mile
> limit.
>

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<*> Appeal against nuclear power project.docx

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