The following are the statements released by many prominent anti-nuclear activists and political figures from South Asia and Europe in support of anti-Kudankulam struggle.
The last few months have been a testing time for many activists and protesters alike fighting the might of the Indian state in its ever increasing attacks on the lives and livelihoods of the Indian working people. In particular for the people in and around Kudankulam nuclear power plant, the whole issue is a do or die battle which has repercussions for not just the people around the nuclear plant, but far beyond the frontiers of India.
The situation at Kudankulam has turned from worse to ugly. The state is determined to drown the three decade long peaceful protest in blood. Once the Chennai high court on 31st August, gave the green signal to fill the nuclear reactor with fuel, the valiant anti-nuclear fighters of Idinthakarai and surrounding villages decided to step up their struggle to a do or die battle.
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The following write-up, that appeared in DiaNuke.org, is a personal account by S P Udayakumar, the convener of the Peoples’ Movement against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), who is spearheading the protest against the nuclear plant in Koodankulam.
It has now become amply clear that the Indian state has been lying right-left and centre on the issue of Nuclear Plants in this country. In the light of yesterday’s 8.7 Richter scale earth quake which was felt in the entirety of Indian Ocean, it is now more than obvious that the trained & handsomely paid liars employed by the Indian state, the so called scientists are far from truth that the Earth Quakes of the magnitude of 2004 which triggered the devastating Tsunami won’t happen again in the near future. It is also clear that the site of the Kudankulam plant is very unsafe for such a conspicuous risk.
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