Protest Song Against Koodankulam Nuclear Plant
By Pedestrian Pictures
13 December, 2011
Countercurrents.org
Neythalin Paadal- (Song of the Coastal Lillies)
Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station currently under construction in Koodankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A people's movement is on a heroic struggle against the setting up of the plant.
The first Inter-Governmental Agreement for setting up two 1000MW light water reactors was signed between India and the erstwhile USSR in 1988. In spite of people's opposition to the project since then the authorities were careful not to publicise the Environmental Impact Assessment Report, and the Site Evaluation Study and Safety Analysis Report.
In a radius of 2 to 5 km declared as sterilization zone, there are 15989 local residents .More than 1 million people live within a 30 km radius. The Plant's coolant water and low-grade waste can kill fish and fish eggs as other Power Plants are doing already.
The Atomic Energy Regulation Board has said, that there should be no tourism site
within a radius of 20 km from the plant when Kudankulam is only 14 kms from Kanyakumari and only 60 kms by air from Thiruvananthapuram. An accident at
Kudankulam will be unmanageable because of the high density of population.
The functioning of this Nuclear Power Plant will destabilise the livelihood of the people living in the vicinity, pollute the environment in an unimaginable magnitude; and in case of an accident, the fallout will be beyond boundaries and uncountable! This protest is for those trying to make a living now and for posterity, as a Nuclear Plant anywhere is like having a Nuclear Plant everywhere..
Camera & Direction: Sreemith
Editing: Subin Babu
Music, Lyrics & Vocal : Pepsi Ganesh
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