REGIONAL AND LOCAL

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1. THREAT TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY 2. DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE TO SOME EXTENT 3. OVERALL DEGENERATION OF THE LOCAL

ENVIRONMENT

MAJOR ISSUES

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Movement against DABHOL POWER PROJECT

CORPORATION mainly due to i)loss of rich Mango (ALPHANSO) Trees

ii) potential air and water pollution

Case study 1 DABHOL POWER PROJECT

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The DPPC had acquired 595 hectares of land

including lands of marginal farmers. The Konkan Sangharsh Samiti along with locals

fought tooth and nail. However the first phase of the project was completed by may,1995.

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Movement was mainly due to i)loss of rich CHIKOO (Sapota) Trees

ii) potential air and water pollution

Case study 2 BSES POWER PROJECT, DAHANU

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Manufacturing Copper Cathode and Sulphuric Acid as bi-product at

Zadgaon, Ratnagiri. Permission was granted by MPCB ignoring Gram Panchayet, which is

mandetory. Matter was publicised in all local newspapers. Villagers announced social and economic boycott to all employees and

employers of Sterlite Industries. Ultimately in 1994, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra ordered to close

the industry.

Case study 3 Sterlite Chemical FactoryRatnagiri

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Madban, a small village in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra is

opposed to the nuclear plant in Jaitapur proposed by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. The project got environmental clearance on November 28 hurriedly to please French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who visted India from December ,2012. The nuclear reactors would be designed and developed by AREVA, a French company.

Jaitapur Nuclear PlantBACKGROUD

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The proposed nuclear power park at Madban is

situated near the port of Jaitapur in the southern part of Ratnagiri district. It would be the largest single location nuclear power project in the world. It is based on the import of six nuclear power plants from AREVA. In the first phase, two plants are to be built between 2012 and 2017.

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Rehabilitation and land

acquisition, radioactive byproducts, and disposal of radioactive wastes.

ISSUES

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More than 3,000 villagers courted arrest after an

agitation. The villagers have refused compensation. Former High Court judge B G Kolse-Patil, former Indian Navy chief Admiral L Ramdas (retired) and former Supreme Court Judge P B Samant too supported the villagers but were stopped by the police from joining the agitation.

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Former Union Minister of Environment and Forests

Jairam Ramesh, in the presence of the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra officially announced 'conditional' environmental clearance to the JNPP. The citizens of Maharashtra are demanding answers to questions regarding approval, rehabilitation and land acquisition, costs, radioactive byproducts, reprocessing of spent fuel and disposal of radioactive wastes and civil nuclear liability limits that remains unaddressed.

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The project will attract Rs 25,000 crore to Rs 35,000

crore investment in the first two phases. The government is offering Rs 350 crore as compensation to the villagers. It is claimed that there are 2,033 families who would be directly affected by the project on 968 hectares of land. The nuclear project promises power generation of 9,900 MW in phases.

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Emvironmental Impact Assessment Report

submitted by NEERI on behalf of the Govt. contradicts with report prepared BNHS.

Report by BNHS indicates the site is full of biodiversity with mangrove forests. Which NEERI denies.

CONTRADICTIONS

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It may be noted, "The accident at Chernobyl released

into the atmosphere an amount of radioactivity equivalent to 400 bombs of the Hiroshima variety. The nuclear project at Jaitapur is about 10 times the size of the Chernobyl Power Plant.

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