Faced with vociferous protests over land acquisition for nuclear power plants and installations the government is now planning to amend the Atomic Energy Act. This will narrow the options before farmers whose land has been acquired by the government.
LUCKNOW: City youth on Saturday took out a campaign to promote the use of indigenous energy resources such as coal, gas, solar, wind energy, biogas, and ensuring future energy supplies from Iran and other countries of West and Central Asia. The campaign, titled ‚Lessons from Japan 2011‘, was taken out to mark the Hiroshima Day that falls on August 6. …
A film ‚Buddha Weeps in Jadugoda‘ was also screened. The movie showed hazards faced by people due to uranium mining and dumping in Jadugoda, Jharkhand. Meanwhile, students put up posters as part of the campaign and participated in ‚Lessons From Japan‘ interactive dialogue on peace, nuclear disarmament and clean energy option.