Dear Varun, Please do not submit posts that are irrelevant to this list.
Venky On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Indian FOSS Community Network list, > > I have just signed a petition to put Indian interests above the interests > of foreign nuclear corporations. Please see the mail below and sign the > petition at > http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/Tell-manmohan-singh-to-stop-import-of-untested-nuclear-reactors/<http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/Tell-manmohan-singh-to-stop-import-of-untested-nuclear-reactors/?tyf=2> > > Regards, > > ------------------------------ > > Last week over 600 people were arrested for standing up for their rights to > live and work in safe surroundings. Over 2320 acres of land are being > acquired by the NPCIL(Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd) to build 6 > mega nuclear reactors in Ratnagiri district. The public protests have been > suppressed using *police violence* and false charges[1]. > > The NPCIL is planning to import expensive and unsafe nuclear reactors from > French company, Areva. US and European nuclear regulators have identified > *severe flaws in the reactor* and they have not approved the design.[2] > > Over 2000 people will lose their land and over 10,000 people will have > their health and livelihood affected due to this plant. Prime Minister, > Manmohan Singh has the power to *stop the import of dangerous nuclear > reactors* and listen to the concerns of the local people. > > Can you write a letter to Dr. Manmohan Singh asking him to *put the > interests of Indian people above the interests of foreign nuclear companies. > * > > > http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/Tell-manmohan-singh-to-stop-import-of-untested-nuclear-reactors/<http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/Tell-manmohan-singh-to-stop-import-of-untested-nuclear-reactors/?tyf=2> > > Most of the people around the region have refused the compensation offered > by the goverment. Showing their opposition to the nuclear power plant, over > *3000 people voluntarily risked jail* and they have been joined by > prominent figures such as former High Court judge B. G. Kolse-Patil, Admiral > L. Ramdas and retired Supreme Court Judge P. B. Samant. > > The Indian government is once again putting the profits of foreign > companies above the interests of it's own people. Instead of putting people > at risk we can provide safe electricity at a cheaper cost[3] and much > faster[4] with decentralised Renewable Energy. > > *Write to Dr. Manmohan Singh now and put the safety of Indians first.* > > > http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/Tell-manmohan-singh-to-stop-import-of-untested-nuclear-reactors/<http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/Tell-manmohan-singh-to-stop-import-of-untested-nuclear-reactors/?tyf=2> > > Thanks a billion! > > [image: Photo of Karuna Raina] > Karuna Raina > Greenpeace India > > ------------------------------ > *Sources:* 1. Nuke power project: 3000 villagers court arrest in > Ratnagiri, *The Times of India, Oct 29, > 2010*http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Nuke-power-project-3000-villagers-court-arrest-in-Ratnagiri/articleshow/6836138.cms > > > 2. Areva EPR reactor computers still need work-NRC, *Reuters, July 26, > 2010 *http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN2613361120100726 > > 3. Nuclear power could cost trillions over renewables *Scientific > American, June 19, 2009* > http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=nuclear-power-could-cost-trillions-2009-06-19 > > 4. India's nuclear chimera, *Down to Earth, Aug 15, 2010*, > http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/1652 [email protected] > > You are receiving this email because someone you know sent it to you from > the Greenpeace site. Greenpeace retains no information about individuals > contacted through its site, and will not send you further messages without > your consent -- although your friends could, of course, send you another > message. > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > >
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