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In a bid to intimidate fenceline communities living around the Kalpakkam nuclear reactors, the Tamil Nadu Police has jailed 129 people of the 650 that were detained in wedding halls yesterday.

This morning, more than 1000 people gathered peacefully on the beach near the Kalpakkam nuclear power plant. Nearly 650 people, including 200 women, were picked up by the police and taken to wedding halls in three towns — Guduvanchery, Singaperumal Koil, and Chengalpet. About 27 leaders are being held in Singaperumal Koil, while 110 others are being held in the same venue downstairs.

TEHELKA : If at Kalpakkam, whispers of nuclear incidents and accidents at the various nuclear facilities were very audible, at Kudankulam, it was the apprehension of an impending disaster that rang clear.

As this Faustian drama is going on, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has asked the Prime Minister for the second time to allocate the entire power from the KKNPP to Tamil Nadu. This “Yes-to-Power-and-Don’t-Care-about-Safety” attitude and approach is dangerous and quite deplorable.