-- Source of News : Indian Express, 13th March, 2011 --
Citing the nuclear emergency declared in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan
Sena’s executive president Uddhav Thackeray, while speaking at Sena Bhavan to a gathering of Sena leaders from the Konkan region and locals from Jaitapur, asked why the state government wanted to bring a nuclear project to the state.
Thackeray warned that an agitation against the project would intensify in coming days if the government continued to suppress people to bulldoze the project. “We were waiting to see if the issue can be resolved peacefully. But if the government is going to forcefully acquire land and lock people in jail, we will not tolerate. If the use of unnecessary force continues, the agitation will intensify.”
Pointing out that projects like Dow Chemicals, Nano and the Mahamumbai SEZ were cancelled following opposition from local people, he said the Jaitapur project be cancelled. “We won’t be scared by Narayan Rane. If the Chief Minsiter (Prithviraj Chavan) likes the project so much he should take it to (Chavan’s hometown in Satara) Karad,” Thackeray said. “Don’t bulldoze the project in Jaitapur, if you (the government) are so brave, then take it to naxalite area.”
Locals from five villages in Jaitapur are protesting against the project. The villagers have expressed their opposition to the project during a public hearing organised last month with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. Local Sena MLA Rajan Salvi (from Rajapur constituency, in which the project site is located), was snubbed by Industries Minister Narayan Rane during the interaction and asked to stop his speech after Salvi said he did not trust the government.
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