Industries minister Narayan Rane today said that the decision on providing a compensation package of Rs10 lakh per acre for the Jaitapur nuclear power project will be taken soon. "The collector's report has already been received and I will talk to the chief minister Prithviraj Chavan next week," Rane said. He ruled out increase in the amount of compensation.
A day after refusing to stop work on the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP), government managers said new compensation package worth approximately Rs 400 crore was in the works. This includes individual payouts of up to Rs 10 lakh per acre to affected families, besides targetted infrastructure projects for community development in the fields of education, health, civic amenities as well as b
Campaigners to join hands, rally at N-plant sites Even before the nuclear industry gets its act together to build new plants, activists opposing India’s atomic energy programme have joined hands for co-ordinated
Against the backdrop of the Centre initiating action against certain NGOs opposing the Kudankulam nuclear plant, Congress' Maharashtra unit demanded a probe into "motives and funding patterns" of private
Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC), Areva and French banks and financial institutions will negotiate terms and conditions to provide funds for the development of 9,900 MW Jaitapur nuclear power project in
This EIA report on 10,000 mw Jaitapur nuclear power plant being set up by NPCIL in Ratnagiri says that, this project will have no impact on ecology of the region. However it has not been shared with affected villages and the project has met with strong protests. <br /><br />
MUMBAI: The central hall at St Xavier's College had a packed audience on Thursday, the first day of the 'people's tribunal on the safety, viability and cost efficiency of nuclear energy'. Environmental activists, researchers, project-affected persons and retired navy personnel deposed before the tribunal headed by A P Shah, former chief justice of the Delhi high court, and S D Pandit, former ju
New Delhi France has assured India that the proposed nuclear reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra would follow the highest safety standards. Addressing a joint press conference at the end of talks with
Nagpur Deputy Chief Minister and Energy Minister Ajit Pawar urged Opposition leaders not to protest against power projects in the state, referring to the opposition to the upcoming nuclear power plant at Jaitapur from various quarters. The 9,900-MW nuclear power project in Ratnagiri district, for which a deal was signed recently between PM Manmohan Singh and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is
Post mortem after prolonged row; stone throwing during Shiv Sena bandh Curfew has been imposed in the city following violent protests and stone throwing outside the Ratnagiri civil hospital during a bandh called by the Shiv Sena on Tuesday. The death of Tabrez Sayekar of Nate in Monday's police firing during protests against the Jaitapur nuclear power project, and the post mortem examination w
Nuclear Regulatory Authority soon to check safety, higher compensation for displaced The Centre will go ahead with the 9,900 MW Jaitapur nuclear power park in Maharashtra.
Rubbishing allegations of foreign funding to the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power project in Ratnagiri district, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray today said that those who are willing to go
Bill for independent regulatory authority in monsoon session of Parliament The Central government is set to form an independent regulatory authority, which will be responsible for nuclear safety and enforcement of safety standards.
Maharashtra industries minister Narayan Rane has indicated that new projects, which are detrimental to the environment of the coastal Konkan belt, will not be given permission. Rane who is leading the campaign in favour of 9,900 mega watts nuclear power plant at Jaitapur has taken the initiate to ensure mining projects which are hazardous and opposed by the people would not be allowed entry in
As a review of all the nuclear facilities in the country is underway, the authorities are factoring in the lessons learnt from the Fukushima episode and even beyond to ensure that the atomic installations are able to weather all the possible disasters. The upgrade in safety features of the nuclear plants will apply to the existing ones as well as the new ones, including the proposed Jaitapur pl
With the resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) package for the locals displaced by the proposed nuclear power plant at Kovvada in its final stages, officials indicate that the final package will have best features of the latest Land Acquisition Act. The ministry of environment has directed the Nuclear Power Corpora-tion of India Limited to conduct fresh R&R surveys in the wake of opposition by locals after the survey report was submitted in July last year.
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The nuclear power plant project at Jaitapur may have cleared the ground but has run into a hurdle with the finance ministry refusing to provide a blanket guarantee to the project funding. The Budget division of the ministry has informed Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) that the government would not provide an
Chandigarh: At a time when the nuclear plants in Kudankulam and Jaitapur are facing protests, the Gorakhpur Atomic Power Project, Haryana, in Fatehabad district has crossed its first hurdle without any
The Union environment ministry has cleared the construction of a 9,900MW nuclear power plant at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh made this announcement in Mumbai on Sunday and said that his department has prescribed 35 conditions and safety measures. The Union envi Nov.
