27 February,2011 10:12 AM IST | | Agencies
On Saturday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan was greeted with angry protests as he declared that the state government would go ahead with the 9,900-MW Jaitapur nuclear power project being set up at a cost of Rs 60,000 crore in Jaitapur village in the Konkan belt.
Making a visit to personally meet and assure the villagers on their apprehensions, Chavan said the project would adhere to all norms of operational safety and environmental protection, and asked villagers not to fall prey to false propaganda.
In a letter to the CM, the villagers had demanded that the use of police force against protesters be stopped, cases against them withdrawn and the government changes its firm stand on the project after which they would reconsider their stand.
