Though the Supreme Court (SC) pronounced its verdict in favour of the Kudankulam nuclear plant, the people in Idinthakarai village - the epicentre of the struggle against the project - have decided to stick to their struggle stating the verdict cannot deter them.
S P Udhayakumar, convener of People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), told media that they can only accept the verdict of people’s court. “The case was filed by Poovulagin Nanbargal and not from PMANE and we are not connected to the case. We will go by the verdict from the people and not from the court,” he said, referring to the SC judgment on Monday.
“We can’t give up our struggle against the nuclear power plant. We have not staged our protest for the last 630 days expecting courts or governments to support us,” rued P Sundari, an Idinthakarai resident. “The court has not answered a single question of our people on nuclear liability or the mandatory safety drill supposed to be conducted for the people living near the plant. For us the court and the government are one and the same who are determined to promote nuclear energy for economic growth. We believe that the nuclear energy will wipe us out and our livelihood and in fact we are fighting for all the people in the state.”.
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