Sirsi, Karnataka, Dec 14 (UNI) The Members of three Environmental groups in Uttara Kannada District--The Uttara Kannada Zilla Psrisara Samrakshana Samiti, Bedti Aghanashini Kolla Samiti and Vruksha Laksha Andolana--have strongly opposed the Union Government’s move for expansion of the Kaiga Nuclear Plant in the district and appealed to go for alternate sources of power generation including Solar.
In a joint press conference here, the three organizations appealed to the Union government to shelve its plans to go for 5th and 6th unit of the Kaiga Nuclear Plant as it would prove disastrous in the eco-sensitive area in the Western Ghat region in the State.
The appeal came ahead of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board’s Public Hearing meeting scheduled on Dec 15.