Karwar: Locals, who are against the expansion of the Kaiga nuclear power plant here, have decided to meet PM Modi with the senior pontiffs of the Pejawar and Swarnavalli Mutts and appeal to him to put a stop to the project.
Despite opposition from the local people and environmentalists, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had approved the plan to expand the Kaiga plant by the addition of units 5 and 6, producing 700 MWe each, in September this year. The angry activists have since stepped up their protest and besides holding rallies and taking steps to fight the expansion legally, are hoping to put pressure on the Union government to give up the project.
