Chennai: Life for the hundreds of families inside the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) complex became a bit easier as they got milk for children and fresh essential provisions yesterday morning.
In Idinthakarai village near Kudankulam, 106 protesters continued their fast for the eighth day in succession, demanding scrapping of the atomic power project.
"With the help of police, essential items were sent to families in the complex and to workers inside," a senior official of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) said. "Provisions for the canteen and change of clothes for our employees were also sent."
Staff entry blocked
However, no fresh staff members have been able to enter the complex as the villagers continue to block all entry points for the fourth straight day, he added.
"We are under house arrest, without drinking water and even milk for children. Our stock of provisions is running out and we do not have vegetables," a housewife living inside the KNPP site in Tirunelvelli district, around 650km from here, said on Saturday.
About 1,000 people, including children, have been confined to their homes at the site since Thursday.
The families of hundreds of contract workers and employees of contractors Larsen & Toubro Ltd have been living on the KNPP campus for the past several years.
In Idinthakarai village near Kudankulam, 106 protesters continued their fast for the eighth day in succession, demanding scrapping of the atomic power project.
"With the help of police, essential items were sent to families in the complex and to workers inside," a senior official of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) said. "Provisions for the canteen and change of clothes for our employees were also sent."
Staff entry blocked
However, no fresh staff members have been able to enter the complex as the villagers continue to block all entry points for the fourth straight day, he added.
"We are under house arrest, without drinking water and even milk for children. Our stock of provisions is running out and we do not have vegetables," a housewife living inside the KNPP site in Tirunelvelli district, around 650km from here, said on Saturday.
About 1,000 people, including children, have been confined to their homes at the site since Thursday.
The families of hundreds of contract workers and employees of contractors Larsen & Toubro Ltd have been living on the KNPP campus for the past several years.
