Poison in the air

  • 13/07/2000

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)

Tuberculosis, congential deformities, rashes, skin cancer, night blindness, paralysis and other strange ailments afflict villagers living within a 16 km radius of Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) overlooking the Aravalli ranges in Rawatbhata. Though 'nucleocrats' have given a clean chit to the plant, activists and villagers living aournd RAPS are convinced that continued exposure to deadly radiation is taking their lives.