The public hearing for the proposed thermal power plant at Ankulapaturu village of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh, held on October 3, turned violent. In the melee, Vijayakumar, a practicing doctor and activist of Jana Vigyana Vedika, a people’s science organisation, was brutally beaten up by the police. An attempt to murder case has been registered against the circle inspector Ram Babu under section 307 of IPC.
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Public hearing for the proposed thermal power plant at Ankulapaturu village of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh turns violent
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In the melee a practicing doctor and activist of Jana Vigyana Vedika, brutally beaten up by the police
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The 350 MW coal-fired thermal power plant is being built by VSF Projects Private Ltd.
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The plant is one of the 29 proposed coal-based power plants that will cluster the coastal area of Nellore district
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The site is in the middle of a wetland surrounded by shrimp farms
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There are reserve forests and protected forests within 10 km radius of the site
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EIA suppresses facts
Hired to speak
Putting environment at risk
Number of power plants: 29
Electricity to be generated: 34,000 MW
Coal to be burnt daily: 3,17,800 tonnes
Toxic ash to be generated daily: 1,33,450 tonnes
Amount of sulphur emitted into air: 2,100 tonnes
Amount of water plants will use: 64,00,000 Cum |
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