Schools to shut for two days against Jaitapur n-power plant

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Schools to shut for two days against Jaitapur n-power plant
2011-01-10 16:40:00

Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), Jan 10 (IANS) About 70 schools in and around Madhban village, where the Jaitapur nuclear power plant is coming up, will remain closed for two days as part of protests against the project, an activist said here Monday.

'From kindergarten to high schools, around 70 schools with nearly 2,500 students will remain shut Monday and Tuesday in 20 villages, including Madhban, Mithgawane, Karel, Niweli and Ansure that are the most affected,' said Praveen Gavankar, an activist leading the agitation.

Gavankar said land for the project in Madhban, about 60 km from here and 370 km from the state capital Mumbai, had been acquired through force and this was unacceptable.

'Hardly one percent of the farmers have been compensated and I say we don't even want to be compensated. We don't want to give up our land at all,' Gavankar said.

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