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Government pushes ahead with Jaitapur n-project
Tuesday April 26, 2011 07:02:27 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The government is pushing ahead with the Jaitapur nuclear power
project in Maharashtra, with plans for a new compensation package
for displaced local persons, and will ensure that all safety
conditions are adhered to in the 9,900 MW project, a minister said
Tuesday.
"A generous compensation package had been worked out by state
government and NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited)
and will be announced soon," Minister of State in the Prime
Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy told reporters.
This was among a slew of decisions taken at a meeting convened by
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday on the current status of
Jaitapur project and safety concerns about India's nuclear
programme arising from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant
crisis.
The meeting was attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj
Chavan, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, Narayanasamy, Atomic
Energy Commission chief Srikumar Banerjee and senior bureaucrats.
Narayanasamy said that at the meeting, the NPCIL chairman assured
"that each of the 35 concerns stipulated as part of the
environmental review will be adhered in a fully transparent
manner".
He added that Jaitapur project will be implemented in a phased
manner, with the first two reactors of 2,650 MW each to be
operational by 2019.
It was noted each reactor will have its "own stand-alone safety
and operational system".
The minister, who was flanked by Ramesh and Chavan at the press
conference, said that the government will make all efforts "to
engage local communities and address their fears in a credible
manner", with "livelihood of local fishermen given the highest
priority".
The meeting also reiterated that "India's energy needs are vast
and growing and nuclear energy is an important clean energy
option".
Prithviraj Chavan said the Jaitpur protests were largely based on
"rumours". There were "lots of outsiders who have a definitely
political view", he added, alluding to the Shiv Sena's opposition
to the project.
"There is no question of a pause," asserted Chavan.
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