PM: Need to review safety of N-plants
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that the nuclear crisis in Japan has underlined the need for revisiting strategies for safety of atomic plants and that he has already ordered a “thorough review”.
“The tragic nuclear incidents in Japan in the aftermath of the recent earthquake and tsunami should make us revisit strategies for nuclear safety, learning lessons from these experiences,” he said addressing the India Today Conclave here. “I have already ordered a thorough review by the Department of Atomic Energy,” the Prime Minister noted.
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has said that it was reviewing the safety measures at all the sites and would augment them, if required. In Chennai, NPCIL chairman-cum-managing director S.K. Jain said that safety would not be compromised. He pointed out that Indian nuclear power plants had successfully withstood the strongest earthquake at Bhuj in Gujarat and the devastating tsunami in December 2004.
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Indian killed in Bahrain crossfire
AGE CORRESPONDENT with agency inputs
NEW DELHI
March 18: An Indian national living in Bahrain was killed on Wednesday after getting caught in crossfire allegedly between security forces and anti-government protesters.
Stephen Abraham (40), hailing from Kerala, was a private security officer in Bahrain’s capital Manama.
A PTI report from Thiruvananthapuram cited a member of Abraham’s family as saying that he was killed in firing allegedly by the Bahraini security forces.
However, the MEA was less categorical. Its spokesman merely said that Abraham, who was working with Al Moyad construction company, “was caught in a crossfire while being outdoors, and succumbed to his injuries.”
The MEA spokesman added that the local authorities extended all cooperation after the Indian embassy got in touch with them.
The Shia-majority Gulf state of Bahrain, which is ruled by a Sunni monarch, has been witnessing civil strife for past several weeks now.
The MEA has advised the Indian nationals in Bahrain to keep a low profile, stay indoors and to avoid all non-essential travel within the country. The Indian embassy was of the opinion that families of Indian nationals and others whose presence in Bahrain was not necessary should consider leaving the country.
Mohan Kumar, India’s ambassador to Bahrain, said in a message posted on his Twitter account that the situation was tense but calm.
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