Thank you for this e mail.In a democracy it is paramount that local
communities must be consulted in respect of development projects
as the consequences of any fall out effect is directly imposed on them
as is the loss of livelihood .
The severe repression of the movement against the project
cannot be justified as expressing a viewpoint is a necessary
input in the making of all policy decisions .
Apart from all the other arguments the Areva Reactor IS UNTESTED ,
JAITAPUR IS IN A SEISMIC ZONE AND THE SOIL AND ROCK STRUCTURE
OF THE KONKAN ARE UNSTABLE WITH THE REGION PRONE TO
HEAVY GALES AND STORMY WEATHER CONDITIONS.
One of us will be definitely there .
Niloufer
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Cc: sarojini N.B ; Elizabeth Hartmann
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 12:11 PM
Subject: "WHY ANTI-NUCLEAR BELONGS IN ALL OF OUR MOVEMENTS"
Dear friends,
Ever since Fukushima happened, now just over a month has passed, it has
served as a wake up call to many of us. There has been world wide attention,
discussion, debates, and polls - as also spectacular levels of prevarication,
ambivalence, outright lies and strenuous defence by the nuclear lobbies world
wide.
Particularly for those of us in India, it remains a matter of deep and
growing concern that the political and bureaucratic machinery, together with
their scientific and industry partners have also swung into action at all
levels to pursue the nuclear energy agenda at all costs - citing India's growth
imperative - while ostensibly agreeing to tighten regulatory and safety
measures. All our pleas to declare at least a temporary moratorium seem to have
fallen on deaf ears.
I will never forget the pain and passion with which the new Board Chair of
Greenpeace Japan, Yoko, urged us at our recently concluded AGM in France -
just barely two weeks after the triple tragedy struck Japan - that we should
all use the tragedy of Fukushima to alert the world and to take action at all
levels to say NO to NUKES - and seek solutions in renewable energy.
Perhaps for the first time since Pokhran in 1998, I have personally felt
consumed by the need to act on this - and to build an overwhelming mass
movement - at least in my country - to turn back from the dangerous path we
have embarked on before it is too late.
Just last week we met with a number of activists from across the country -
those from areas near existing nuclear plants, as also those from the many
areas like Jaitapur in my neighbourhood in the Konkan region - where the
government and the DAE[Department of Atomic Energy] are flaunting and welcoming
with open arms, the French company AREVA, to build the `worlds largest nuclear
power park' on the beautiful Ratnagiri coast.
Amongst various actions planned to raise our voices against Nuclear Power in
India, is a Yatra / March from the first ever Reactor built at Tarapore, north
of Mumbai - to Jaitapur - from April 23 to 25 - ending on the 25th anniversary
of Chernobyl. A large number of us are participating - send the people of
Jaitapur messages of support even if you cant join us!
I am forwarding below a link to an outstanding article by Prof Betsy Hartmann
which I have just received a few minutes ago and which has been the immediate
catalyst for this mail.
Betsy has said it all - succinctly and eloquently - and I would urge each on
of you to please read and reflect on what she says - because every word and
every sentence resonates and is as relevant for us in India [or elsewhere] -
as for Americans who are the primary audience in her piece.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/12-10
I would only add , especially for us in India in light of the Anti corruption
movement and struggle for the Lok Pal bill, that the nuclear question, in
addition to it being a reproductive rights issue, an environmental justice
issue, a climate justice issue, a labour rights issue, a peace and security
issue, a basic democracy issue, is also an issue of Corruption at a scale that
we cannot begin to imagine.
Thank you Betsy for putting this together and to Sarojini for sharing this.
Warm regards and looking forward to hearing from you all....
Lalita Ramdas
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