Ratnagiri Protests

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  "Won't Proceed With Refinery Project Till...": Maharashtra Minister

  Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant said the Eknath Shinde-led government won't forcibly go ahead with the proposed petrochemical refinery at Barsu-Solgaon villages in Konkan's Ratnagiri district without resolving misconceptions of the protesters are r

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  Aaditya Thackeray To Meet Maharashtra Villagers Opposing Refinery Project

  Former Maharashtra Minister and Uddhav Thackeray's son Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday said he will meet the protestors against the Barsu Refinery project in Ratnagiri, to stand in solidarity with them.

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  Amid Protests, Sanjay Raut Admits Uddhav Thackeray Suggested Refinery Site To PM

  Sanjay Raut admitted today that Uddhav Thackeray, as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, had suggested the site at Barsu in coastal Ratnagiri district for a refinery project, but if locals oppose it then his party will back them.

• Politics add danger to Jaitapur nuclear plant protests

  At Jaitapur in Maharashtra, the protests against a new nuclear power plant - it will be the world's largest when completed - have collided with politics. The area is under siege now with politicians arriving in quick succession to stake their claim.A bandh called by the Shiv Sena in Ratnagiri, a two hour drive away from Jaitapur, saw a hospital att...

• Fresh clashes in Jaitapur over nuclear plant, protesters lathicharged

  Fresh protests erupted in Ratnagiri today following the death of a youth in police firing on Monday during demonstrations against the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant. The protests have taken on political colours with the Maharashtra government accusing the Shiv Sena of stoking tension.The police also stopped Sena leaders allegedly moving arou...

• Maharashtra Congress team in Jaitapur as protests intensify

  As farmers' protests intensified in Ratnagiri threatening to delay the nuclear power plant at Jaitapur, a concerned Maharashtra government sent a Congress team there to review the situation.  Villagers in the area claim their lands were forcefully taken away, and that the project has no plans for storage or disposal of nuclear waste."A Congres...

• Impact assessment report criticises Jaitapur nuclear plant

  An impact assessment report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has strongly criticised the nuclear power plant being proposed at Jaitapur in the Konkan region. The report has indicated that the project - which requires about 968 hectares of land panning five villages - will have a huge negative impact on the social as well as environme...