Should we support regional politics ?

Wide spread protest against Mullaperiyar dam flooded all over Kerala. Media reports and statements from politicians are creating panic. Regional parties like Kerala Congress are getting more support from locals due to their intense protest. So should we encourage regional politics?

According to me regional politics is very bad for our country. Now a days central and state ministers are working for their constituencies only. If regional parties get more support then it will be bad for small states like Kerala. Unlike regional parties in big states like Tamil Nadu, UP, West Bengal etc regional parties in small states can't bargain with central government.

Economy of Kerala is dependent on people who work abroad and other states. Majority of food items we consume are imported from other states. We have huge deficit in electricity. So we have to depend on other states for our living.

According to me the main problem is over dependency on hydro-electric projects. KSEB is not willing to reduce water level in idukki dam because we will face power shortage during summer. We could have reduced dependency on hydro-electric projects if we allowed nuclear power projects. Even after taking risks our hydro-electric projects are not capable of providing full power needs of our state. Material loss due to dam disasters will be much higher than nuclear disaster. Fear of material loss may prevent some MNCs from starting business. I am not against hydro projects. But I am against over dependence on hydro projects.

Construction of new dam is very important. But we can't do that by protesting against Tamil Nadu. People in Tamil Nadu are more united than us that they can conduct bigger protest against Kerala. What we should do is to make politicians and people of Tamil Nadu understand the problem and make them believe that new dam is good for both states. People of Kerala won't get justice without support from other states. Mullaperiyar dam was built to reduce flood in Kerala and drought in Tamil Nadu. It helped both states. I hope there will be more projects in future which will benefit both states.

China-US nexus against Kalpakkam nuclear plant

India have abundent thorium assets. Our long term aim is to utilize these assets to fuel reactors. Once Kalpakkam plant start operating, we can produce U-233 from thorium. U-233 produced from this plant can be burned with plutonium and thorium using Advanced Heavy Water Reactors to produce power.

If we utilize our thorium assets then US won't be able to sell uranium at higher rates. Church is getting funds from US to protest against the plant. Illiterate herd who protest against the plant are unaware that scientists who work inside the plant can get more safer jobs with high salaries abroad. They work for our nuclear projects because they are patriots. Some ( anti ) social activists are getting funds to promote soft terrorism ( protest against projects which are good for our country ).

If Idukki dam is destroyed by powerful earthquake then many people who live in 3 districts of central travancore will die. Why should we protest against nuclear projects when hydro projects are also risky?

Reserch conducted in developed countries proved that many people who live near mobile towers have brain tumor. We can avoid this by banning mobile towers and using expensive satlite phones. People won't protest against mobile towers because only people who live near tower will get benefit due to the tower. Some people protest against nuclear plants because people who live away from the plant will also get electricity from the plant. This is narrow-mindedness.

Many people die in India everyday due to malnutrition. Many people die everyday due to electric shocks. If we can't prevent death due to malnutrition, electric shocks, mobile towers etc then why should we think about possible death due to nuclear radiation.

The percentage of money used for safety, pollution control and waste management is more for nuclear projects than other power projects. So nuclear projects are safer than hydro power projects. Pollution caused by nuclear projects are less than thermal power projects. According to WHO 1.3 million people die every year due to air pollution. If we can generate more nuclear power then we can reduce pollution caused due to petrol, diesel, coal etc.

Anti-social elements used Fukushima accident as an opportunity to intensify protest. Fukushima accident was caused due to Tsunami. People who died due to Fukushima accident was very less compared to death toll due to Tsunami. I don't know why people who protest against nuclear project are not demanding for burying sea to avoid Tsunami.

I don't think people who who protest against nuclear projects will support Govt. to increase electricity tariffs. I support nuclear projects because I need cheaper electricity. In future we will need more electricity for projects like metro rail, electronic city etc. If we don't produce more energy from nuclear plants then people will protest against these projects to avoid power cuts. In India population density is very high. So we should encourage nuclear projects which produce more energy from less area.

Gulf countries have developed because they utilized their oil reserves. How can we develop without utilizing our thorium and titanium reserves? India have 25% of world's thorium reserves. We can't reduce trade deficit by reducing oil imports. But we can do that by exporting Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs).

Even though protest against Kalpakkam plant is not as intense as protest against Koodankulam Plant, If govt. decide to abandon Koodankulam Plant then protesters will intensify protest against Kalpakkam plant. We should be more concern about China's nuclear weapons than our nuclear power projects. Please check the below chart.

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