<p>The Rs 20,594 crore nuclear power plant in Haryana comes with a promise of a hospital, educational institutions, better road network and job for 8,000-10,000 locals.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Eight to ten thousand people will get employment and providing jobs to them will be a priority. There will be a hospital in Gorakhpur and the local sports stadium will be modernised,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said while laying a foundation stone for two 700 MW nuclear power plants here.<br /><br />Moreover, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd in association with the state government plans to set up a deer park and herbal park besides strengthening the local road networks. <br /><br />“No one will be displaced for the project. The locals will get the maximum benefits,” Singh said.<br /><br />At any point of time, there will be about 8,000 people working at this site, majority of whom would be drawn from the local population, said <br /><br />T R Arora, project director. “Construction of unit III and IV may start around 2017-18 when civil construction of unit-I and II come to end,” K C Purohit, NPCIL chairman cum managing director, told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />India’s biggest nuclear power plant with indigenous technology will get water from a canal of Bhakra Nangal barrage. <br /><br />Though a section of locals has expressed radiation fears, the NPCIL has undertaken an elaborate communication and outreach programme to convince them about the safety of nuclear energy.<br /><br />“The amount of radiation you receive at the boundary of a nuclear power plant after one year is less than the radiation (natural source) that comes from eating one banana daily 365 days in a year,” said Nalinesh Nagaich, executive director at NPCIL, quoting studies carried out by International Atomic Energy Agency.</p>
<p>The Rs 20,594 crore nuclear power plant in Haryana comes with a promise of a hospital, educational institutions, better road network and job for 8,000-10,000 locals.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“Eight to ten thousand people will get employment and providing jobs to them will be a priority. There will be a hospital in Gorakhpur and the local sports stadium will be modernised,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said while laying a foundation stone for two 700 MW nuclear power plants here.<br /><br />Moreover, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd in association with the state government plans to set up a deer park and herbal park besides strengthening the local road networks. <br /><br />“No one will be displaced for the project. The locals will get the maximum benefits,” Singh said.<br /><br />At any point of time, there will be about 8,000 people working at this site, majority of whom would be drawn from the local population, said <br /><br />T R Arora, project director. “Construction of unit III and IV may start around 2017-18 when civil construction of unit-I and II come to end,” K C Purohit, NPCIL chairman cum managing director, told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />India’s biggest nuclear power plant with indigenous technology will get water from a canal of Bhakra Nangal barrage. <br /><br />Though a section of locals has expressed radiation fears, the NPCIL has undertaken an elaborate communication and outreach programme to convince them about the safety of nuclear energy.<br /><br />“The amount of radiation you receive at the boundary of a nuclear power plant after one year is less than the radiation (natural source) that comes from eating one banana daily 365 days in a year,” said Nalinesh Nagaich, executive director at NPCIL, quoting studies carried out by International Atomic Energy Agency.</p>
