PMANE activists observe 'Black Day' in protest against KNPP

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : Jul 15 2013 | 11:45 PM IST
Activists of the movement against Kudankulam Nuclear Power project today observed 'Black Day' at Idinthakarai in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district, two days after the KNPP attained criticality.
Marking their 700th day of protests against the KNPP, hundreds of people and activists belonging to the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy, pretended to "drop dead" on the streets of Idinthakarai, the epicentre of protests against the plant, in a gesture to display the alleged effects of nuclear power.
The protest was observed to oppose the recent AERB clearance given to KNPP which attained criticality on Saturday night.
KNPP Units one and two are VVER-1000 type reactors set up with technical cooperation with Russia.
The project, dogged by delays since December last following protests by locals over safety concerns, was given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court on May 6.
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First Published: Jul 15 2013 | 11:45 PM IST

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