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Public hearing on nuke plant ends abruptly amid tension

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Press Trust of India Fatehabad (Haryana)

The hearing was wound up within an hour after it started and efforts of nuclear scientists and Deputy Commissioner M L Kaushik to convince farmers went in vain as they were not ready to listen to them and raised slogans.

As Haryana Janhit Congress chief and Hisar MP Kuldip Bishnoi, and INLD leader Abhay Chautala entered the venue, the deputy commissioner stopped the proceedings and declared the hearing as "close and complete".

He abruptly wound up the discussion and left the place with the scientists and officers in a huff to avoid any ugly situation at the village where a huge police force was deployed.

 

Bishnoi, while addressing the farmers, said that as per rules, the locals should have been given the Environment Impact Assessment report one month before such a hearing, but it was not done.

HJC and main opposition INLD are opposing the project on the grounds that "fertile land" of farmers was being taken for it and are raising safety concerns. A farmer had died during the protest against the project last year as peasants are against taking away of their land.

"Today, we have succeeded with the support of farmers. We shall not allow the government to acquire even an inch of land for the nuclear power plant," said Bishnoi, who was accompanied by leaders of BJP - an HJC ally.

"Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda should shift this project to village Sanghi (CM's hometown in Rohtak), where barren land is available aplenty. Here land is very fertile," he said. (MORE)

  

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First Published: Jul 17 2012 | 7:35 PM IST

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