Scrap nuclear power programme, demands Lok Sabha MP

Press Trust of India / New Delhi May 17, 2012, 04:38

"I demand that the government should stop the nuclear power programme because it can affect our farm productivity, environment and people," Tarun Mandal said during Zero Hour.An Independent MP today demanded scrapping of the country's nuclear power programme saying it would have adverse effect on farm production, environment and people. He pointed out that radiation can be spread through water used in the atomic power plants which can badly hit crops, environment and people of the country.