Jaitapur: Police in western India clashed with locals protesting against the planned construction of a nuclear power plant, which left one person killed. Police said they were forced to open fire after protesters attacked a police station close to the proposed site in Jaitapur, in the state of Maharashtra.
Construction of the $10bn plant – expected to be the biggest in the world – is due to begin this year.
The proposal has sparked massive protests across the country.
Residents in the area gathered near the proposed site, expressing anger at the plan, which they fear threatens their traditional fishing grounds.
Madhukar Gaikwad, an official from the Ratnagiri district, said about 700 to 800 fisherman and villagers surrounded a local police station in the village of Nate and started to vandalise it.
“The mob burnt down the records room, destroyed computers and a TV set and put a police van on fire.
“We tried to disperse them by using tear-gas and cane-charge. We used plastic bullets as well, but nothing worked. Finally, we used live ammunition in which one person was injured who died on his way to the hospital,” he said.
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