Those protesting against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant should adopt a more flexible approach. Bravado and tough posturing will not help. The protesters should be more receptive to scientific and analytical reports on the safety of the nuclear plant. That should be their way forward. As a concerned citizen, I am looking forward to a solution that will be accepted with grace and peace.
M. Meenakshisundaram,Tiruchi
At last, the Centre has got to the bottom of the issue. The protesters should answer one question: Did they protest over the India-U.S. civil nuclear deal? Why do they oppose the nuclear plant at Kudankulam? From what I have read, the nuclear deal will pose more serious problems than the Kudankulam power plant.
R. Lakshmi Gayathri,Rasipuram
The Kudankulam impasse is turning out to be another instance in which the core concern is getting lost in the blame game and political drama. The government should voluntarily offer to explain the safety aspects of the nuclear power plant. The documents displayed on its website are too technical for even an educated person to understand.
N. Nithya,Coimbatore
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remark that foreign-funded NGOs are stalling the introduction of genetically-modified food and the commissioning of the Kudankulam plant is amusing. It was he who, as Finance Minister, advocated, invited and opened the ways for foreign funding and called them “reforms.” People are following what he started for the benefit of a few in all walks of life.
R.S. Mann,Haldwani
NGOs across the world operate on funds received from local and international donors. By deliberately painting the NGOs supporting the anti-Kudankulam protests as anti-national, the government has betrayed civil society. Its decision to file cases against four NGOs is yet another example of its heightened frustration. Instead of engaging the local people and the NGOs supporting them, the government is pitting people against one another.
P. Bruslin Mento,Secunderabad
