Managing a nuclear protest

The ongoing local agitation against the commissioning of the 1,000 megawatt Kudankulam nuclear power project in Tamil Nadu speaks well of the country’s democratic form of governance. However, this comes at a heavy price. For, here is a project where a staggering sum of Rs13,000 crore has been spent and, since September, it has been waiting to load fuel and start producing electricity. The loss goes beyond generation shortfall, or the damage to sensitive equipment needed for a nuclear facility.

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