NPCIL draws up outreach programme for Kudankulam porject

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is going all-out to create awareness on its project in Kudankulam and allay fears on its safety.

The minister of state (MoS) in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and MoS in the mnistry of personnel, PG & Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh informed the lower house on this on Thursday.

He said, for it, the corporation has drawn up an outreach programme at Kudankulam, its surrounding areas and Tamil Nadu state.

It said it is adopting a multi-pronged approach by creatiing and distribution of single sheet pamphlets on various aspects of nuclear energy in simple local language, distributing of books, comics, CDs etc. about the project, organising site visits, making TV commercials, radio jingles and short films in theatres, organising exhibitions along with lecture presentations in schools and colleges, media briefings and scientific meets for Journalists and also briefing sarpanchs, peoples representatives, community leaders, state and local officials etc. The corporation is also undertaken creating e-awareness through its website.

The Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited (BHAVINI), a public sector undertaking of this department which is constructing a prototype fast breeder reactor of 500 MW capacity at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu has also taken up neighborhood development activities focusing on four broad areas including education, health, infrastructure and environment and skill development.