yokohama 21st nuclear projects in india
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Anthony Dias
XISR, Mumbai, India
Republic – Government of the people, for the people and by the people
Constitution: Preamble – ‘We the People of India….’
Welfare of the Poor a pre-eminent goal
Bill of Rights: a) Fundamental Rights
b) DPSP
Population:
1.2 Billion + …..And growing!!!
Categories:
Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Scheduled Tribes (ST), Scheduled Castes (SCs), Nomadic and De-notified Tribes (NT-DNT), Muslims, Christians
Nuclear power plant
Thermal power plant◦ Diesel
◦ Gas
◦ Coal
Hydro power plants
Solar power plants
Wind energy
Western Region 1,201.20Southern Region 938.88Northern Region 833.20Eastern Region 521.20North Eastern Region 257.98
Public/National Interest hardly demonstrated
Lack of Transparency
Right to Know honoured in breach! Disclosures only under pressure, under the law – Right to Information Act (RTI)
In older projects, there were hardly any disclosures; more mis- and dis-info
Cost-benefit not properly done (inflate Benefits and suppress costs)
Land Acquisition (forcible, eminent domain)
Compensation and R&R
Pollution and Environmental Harm
Public health issues
Livelihood
Safety and security
The land which acquired for the nuclear project is a agricultural land
Poverty and Impoverishment
State/Project-induced impoverishment
Cernea’s 8-fold Risks: Landlessness
Homelessness
Joblessness
Less/No access to CPRs
Food Insecurity
Health loss
Social Disarticulation
Marginalization
Projects and Impoverishment
‘Culture of Respect for Authority/Government‘Culture of Silence’ (indigenous/tribal peoples)Religion & Fatalism: Accepting one’s condition without complaining (Hinduism’s Doctrine of Karma?)Culture of Resistance to imperial/alien powers encroaching on local populationsGandhian Protests: Peaceful (non-violent in thought and action – ‘Ahimsa’, ‘Satyagraha’)Naxalism/Maoism: Violent protests
Protesters of Kudankulam block the road
Walking out from the public hearing Mithi Virdi
Protests – peaceful and violent
Kudankulam nuclear project
Women in Gujrat protesting against nuclear
Jal satygraha
Omkareshwar Dam
Omkareshwar Dam
Kudankulam Protest
Kudankulam project
Blocking the road by sitting on the road. Kudankulam nuclear protest
Best Wishes byXISR and staff
-M Gandhi