Maharashtra: India has pledged to put in extra safeguards at a proposed nuclear power plant in western India after recent violent protests against the plan. Activists say the $10bn (£6bn) plant in Maharashtra is located in a region prone to earthquakes and fear a repeat of Japan’s Fukushima disaster.
Local villagers also fear the plant will ruin their traditional fisheries.
India has also decided to set up an independent nuclear watchdog to oversee its existing nuclear reactors.
Earlier this month, one person died and at least 20 people were injured in violent protests following a strike called by the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena opposition party against the plant in Jaitapur.
Construction of the 9,900 megawatt, six-reactor facility, which is being built with technical help from the French energy giant Areva, is due to begin this year.
The government held a meeting attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and decided to go ahead with the nuclear power plant.
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