Kudankulam again: Anti-nuke protesters fail to make a splash

Kudankulam again: Anti-nuke protesters fail to make a splash

Circus at sea
It was a day of high drama at sea. The promised siege of the atomic energy plant by protesters didn’t happen. But the seaside turned into a circus with around 1,000 boats on the water. Marine police and the coast guard minded the traffic. The Rapid Action Force and the STF kept vigil around the plant

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Udaykumar, the star
The star of the show undoubtedly was SP Udaykumar, convenor of the Peoples’ Movement Against Nuclear Energy. The man, who has a non-bailable warrant against him and has been on the run for two months, stood on a boat a few hundred meters from the shore and dared police to arrest him.