{"id":19536,"date":"2012-06-11T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=19536"},"modified":"2012-11-03T14:22:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T14:22:16","slug":"tamil-nadu-independent-panel-finds-human-rights-violations-at-kudankulam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2012\/06\/tamil-nadu-independent-panel-finds-human-rights-violations-at-kudankulam\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu: Independent Panel Finds Human Rights Violations at Kudankulam"},"content":{"rendered":"

An independent committee formed on the Kudankulam nuclear power <\/a>plant to probe human rights violations by the Centre and the state government submitting its report on Monday [4 Jun 2012] said that people’s right to freedom of speech and freedom of movement were suppressed.<\/p>\n

According to the findings of the report, which are based on the testimonies submitted by villagers at a public hearing it conducted on May 14, said the state police was used to harass the peaceful agitators.<\/p>\n

The committee was headed by justice A P Shah, who is a former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.<\/p>\n

The Rs.13,000-crore Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP<\/a> ), located in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, is being built with the help of the Russians. After completion, it will be India’s largest atomic power plant with six reactors.<\/p>\n

The villagers who live nearby are agitating against the plant stating that the plant is unsafe and a threat to their life.
\nBut two government-appointed expert committees have come out with facts that the plant is safe and public fears are unfounded.<\/p>\n

However, the agitating villagers are demanding closure of the plant. Thousand of them have held indefinite hunger strikes at the site and more than 200 of them have already been booked.<\/p>\n

Among several important suggestions, the panel report has also asked the Centre to release information on safety and site evaluation along with making the inter-governmental liability agreement with Russia public.<\/p>\n

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