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- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Koodankulam Urgent Alert Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:16:54 -0700 (PDT) From: S. P. Udayakumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Koodankulam Urgent Alert On March 31, 2007 the Tamil Nadu government had called for a 12-hour /bandh/ (shut down) from 6 am till 6 pm to protest against the Indian Supreme Court?s staying the law that provided for 27 percent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in higher educational institutions. The ruling party and all its allies endorsed the /bandh/ and there were no buses, autos, taxis, trains and even planes operating on the /bandh/ day. But the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) that are dominated and controlled by brahmins chose to ignore the statewide shut down and operated its buses and other vehicles. This brazen violation of the sentiments of the Tamil people must have irked some and they may have stoned the NPCIL vehicles to protest against /bandh/ violation. The NPCIL authorities, however, cunningly blamed the local anti-nuclear activists for the alleged ?attack? on the Koodankulam power plant workers. They are said to be conducting meetings in Koodankulam and in Mumbai on how to deal with what /The Hindu/ newspaper calls the ?assault issue?. All the major newspapers in English and Tamil (that had run full-page advertisements for the NPCIL a few days back) chose to repeat the Koodankulam authorities? story. Several politicians are running to the rescue of the plant also. The nuclear-loving /The Hindu/ newspaper (April 4, 2007) reports: ?[T]he latest development has necessitated some obstinate measures, which cannot be discussed here. However, I can assure that we?ll take really firm steps in the next few days to ensure the safety of workers and our material,? the Director (Projects), S. K. Agrawal, told The Hindu Monday?Sources said another round of discussion within the core group of NPCIL would be held in Mumbai to finalise ?some tough strategies? to be taken against the attackers. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A <http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index;_ylc=X3oDMTFvbGNhMGE3BF9TAzM5NjU0NTEwOARfcwMzOTY1NDUxMDMEc2VjA21haWxfdGFnbGluZQRzbGsDbWFpbF90YWcx?link=ask&sid=396546091> for great tips from Yahoo! Answers <http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/index;_ylc=X3oDMTFvbGNhMGE3BF9TAzM5NjU0NTEwOARfcwMzOTY1NDUxMDMEc2VjA21haWxfdGFnbGluZQRzbGsDbWFpbF90YWcx?link=ask&sid=396546091> users. - -- Anivar Aravind Global Alternate Information Applications(GAIA) Peringavu.P.O Thrissur-680018 India Ph. +91 9446545336 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGE+TTF+jWtLmEaycRAgw0AJsHnDhXWPY6lN9w2Iii9MyTu9pw8wCfZcPk SlO04dvkgOLFYGQVn8wOJ5E= =tt2m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala run by Global Alternate Information Applications (GAIA) To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
