Put a Moratorium on Koodankulam: Former Navy Chief’s Letter to the PM by DiaNuke.org

Admiral L Ramdas, (retd) 
PVSM,AVSM,VrC,VSM
Former Chief of the Naval Staff
Magsaysay Awardee for Peace

Lara-Ramu Farm,
BhaimalaGaon, PO Kamarle,
Alibag-402209, RaigadDist
Maharashtra
02141-248711/0-9860170960 <lramdas@gmail.com>

Sept 11 2012

Dr Man Mohan Singh

Prime Minister

My Dear Prime Minister,

KOODANKULAM

I am troubling  you once again Mr Prime Minister to voice my concerns regarding the shocking developments and unwarranted  police excesses at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu over the past 48 hours.

As Law and Order is the  primary responsibility of the State Government, I have highlighted the need for terminating police excesses in my letter sent yesterday to KumJayalalitha, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and copied to the Chairman, National Human Rights Commission, Delhi.  This letter is addressed to you in your capacity as Prime Minister of this Country responsible for matters of Internal Security  and also as the Minister responsible for the Department of Atomic Energy.

In the above context, I would also like to raise serious concerns regarding Nuclear Energy and the Nuclear Power pathway planned for our country.  I have written to you on several occasions about this and related concerns  and whilst I have received the token acknowledgement from your secretariat, alas it has not gone beyond that.

The Prime Minister will also recall that about five years ago, my wife, LalitaRamdas and I, had called on you and suggested that you might consider  setting  up task forces in our IITs to evolve suitable Renewable Energy  technologies  to meet our varied anticipated power demands. We had also volunteered to work with you to prepare a potential CARBON FREE AND NUCLEAR FREE ENERGY ROAD MAP FOR INDIA. Once again, for reasons best known to you, the Government  chose to follow the dictates of voices which said that if India was to grow ,”There is No Alternative” [TINA factor?] but to go down the nuclear energy and coal power road.