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Published: August 16, 2011 00:00 IST | Updated: August 16, 2011 04:13 ISTProtest against nuclear plant
Staff ReporterGram sabha meeting held at Koodankulam on Monday urged the State and Central governments to close down the nuclear reactors under construction near their hamlet.
Though most of the participants at the meeting wore black badges as a mark of protest against the nuclear reactors, none of them surrendered the ration cards as per the decision taken earlier by the ‘Makkal Urimai Paathukaappu Iyakkam,' which spearheads the anti-nuclear agitations.
The meeting also extended its support to the proposed hunger strike to be observed at Idinthakarai on Tuesday, demanding the closure of nuclear reactors.
“Fishermen from 11 coastal hamlets in the district from Koottapuli to Kooduthaazhai are likely to participate in the hunger strike,” said S.V. Antony, president, Uvari village panchayat.
The Vijayapathi gram sabha meeting also passed a resolution against the nuclear power project. In the gram sabha meeting held at Munneerpallam, Collector R. Selvaraj participated.
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