Mithivirdi

Villagers’ struggle intensifies in Gujarat against the American nuclear project

Villagers’ struggle intensifies in Gujarat against the American nuclear project

Antinuclear Movement, Mithivirdi October 1, 2014 at 1:47 pm 0 comments

The affected villagers of proposed 6000 MW Nuclear Power Plant at Mithi Virdi – Jaspara organised a protest in their villages on 28 September 2014 during the USA visit of Mr. Modi, the Prime Minister of India.

Villagers protest Westinghouse n-plant project in Gujarat, oppose land acquisition

Villagers protest Westinghouse n-plant project in Gujarat, oppose land acquisition

Antinuclear Movement, Mithivirdi August 20, 2014 at 9:15 am 0 comments

After a gap of nearly six months, a series of protests seemed to once again shake the sleepy Mithi Virdi village, not very far from Gujarat’s south Saurashtra coast, where the Government of India has proposed a 6000 MW nuclear power plant. Led by Vadodara-based environmental organization Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti (PSS), the protesters feared that recent efforts to water down the new Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 might only aggravate the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd’s move to acquire land near Mithi Virdi.

Diplomacy or deceipt?: The case of Mithi Virdi nuclear power project in Gujarat

Diplomacy or deceipt?: The case of Mithi Virdi nuclear power project in Gujarat

Mithivirdi, Nuclear Commerce, Nuclear Liability September 24, 2013 at 8:26 pm 0 comments

A cursory look at the questions posed by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to the AG (as reported in the Hindu of September 22, 2013) points to the real intentions of that Ministry.

Thousands protest in Gujarat against Mithi Virdi Nuclear Project as the PM heads to US

Antinuclear Movement, Mithivirdi September 24, 2013 at 10:13 am 0 comments

“Not here, not anywhere; not in any country in the world” – with these slogans the people (farmers and other villagers) affected by the proposed 6000 MW nuclear power plant at village Mithi Virdi in Bhavnagar, Gujarat took out a massive rally to meet the Collector, Bhavnagar culminating in a public meeting and presented a memorandum to him. They also put a challenge to the Prime Minister on the eve of his departure for the USA