NCP leader Nawab Malik objected to setting up of six nuclear power reactors without the consent of the people. (File photo: PTI)
The government had said in-principle approval has been given to a site to set up six nuclear power reactors at Jaitapur.
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A day after the central government said that a site has been given in-principle approval to set up six nuclear power reactors in Maharashtra’s Jaitapur, the NCP on Friday said the Center will take up any project without taking the local population into confidence. cannot be enforced. Union Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy, Jitendra Singh, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, said that in-principle approval has been given to a site at Jaitapur to set up six nuclear power reactors of 1,650 MW in technical cooperation. with France.
Responding to this, NCP spokesperson and Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik said development and new projects are needed, but not without taking the local people into confidence. “The Center cannot bulldoze any project without taking the local people into confidence. The Jaitapur project was brought by the UPA government, but had to be put on hold due to protests from the local population.
Malik said the recent rollback of three agriculture laws is an example of what happens when decisions are taken without consulting stakeholders. Shiv Sena leader and Lok Sabha member from Sindhudurg Vinayak Raut told reporters in Delhi that the government’s reply in Parliament was technical.
“I have seen this kind of answer at least half a dozen times over the years. The local population is against the project which is dangerous and will affect the entire Konkan coastline.”
Raut said the Shiv Sena stood firmly with the local people opposing the project. “Why do you need nuclear power in Konkan while the Center is promoting solar power. Solar parks can be set up in Konkan.” In Maharashtra, the power of Shiv Sena and NCP is with Congress.
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