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On this Saturday, 28th June, over five thousands of people gathered at Meiji park in Tokyo and made a big demonstration called ” No Nukes Day” , protesting against the restart of operation in Sendai nuclear power plant, in Kushu. It has been raining from the morning on that day, but after starting the march at 14:30 it stopped raining and they started marching for approx. 3 km from Meiji park to Yoyogi park. They walked through the weekend Tokyo town raising their voices against restart of all nuclear power plants in Japan and made a strong appeal to people around the town.

It was such an wonderful day with such an energy from people (protesters) which nuclear energy cannot compete. Due to the enforcement of 144, people were not able to come out of their villages. But that did not restrict them.

There is no place in India where a residence falls outside the 30 kms danger zone around a nuclear site. The same concerns apply to other places earmarked for nuclear expansion such as in Jaitapur, Fatehabad, Chutka, Mithivirdi and Kovada.

The relay hunger-strike in Koodankulam is continuing with around 40 infants on fast along with their mothers. Meanwhile, the struggle committee has nominated Mr. M Pushparayan and Mr. Jesuraj as its representatives to the government appointed Expert Committee.   Given below are some recent pictures of the ongoing agitation, sentRead More