Panel to study marine ecology, bio-diversity around Jaitapur
NEW DELHI: In a bid to allay concerns over the impact of 9,900-MW nuclear power park at Jaitapur, Nuclear Power Corporation of India has set up a committee to undertake comprehensive studies on marine ecology and bio-diversity in the 10 kilometre area around the site. This was one of the conditions of the environmental clearance given to the project in November last year. The move to set up this committee took on a level of urgency after environment minister Jairam Ramesh's interaction at TISS last week. At the interaction, Ramesh was informed that field survey by TISS revealed that a large number of fishermen would be adversely affected and the local ecology would be devastated by the nuclear park. The committee will be headed by A Rahmani of the Bombay Natural History Society, and will be a co-operative effort of the BNHS, College of Fisheries, Ratnagiri, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mumbai, Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai and College of Forestory...