KKNPP puts on hold recruitment as locals stage protest
The Hindu
People from nearby villages say their youth should be employed in the upcoming nuclear park
A flash protest staged by the locals and land-losers at the main entrance of Kundankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) on Monday forced the administration to put on hold recruitment of engineers that commenced on Sunday.
The locals urged the KKNPP to give preference to qualified local youth in employment in the upcoming nuclear park, where the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is operating 2x1,000 MWe nuclear reactors and constructing four more similar-capacity reactors with Russian assistance.

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