SME Times News Bureau | 18 Nov, 2011
India caved in to foreign pressure by diluting the right to seek
recourse from foreign suppliers as per the rules notified under the
Civil Nuclear Liability Act, said Greenpeace Thursday.
"Following
protests by opposition parties and the civil society, the right to
recourse for the operator to seek compensation from foreign suppliers
was included in the draft last year and approved by the parliament. This
clause has now been reduced to being insignificant," said a statement
issued by the environment issues NGO.
Reacting to the
notification of the rules, Greenpeace nuclear and energy campaigner,
Karuna Raina said: "The notified rule considerably changes it from what
was approved last year amid protest from the opposition, both inside and
outside the parliament."
"The government has undone the efforts
put in by thousands of individuals and organisations that fought for a
stringent Liability Act. The lessons learnt from Bhopal tragedy have
clearly not made any difference to the government. For them foreign
interest is paramount and much above wellbeing of its peoples," she
said.
India had Wednesday notified the implementation rules for the civil nuclear liability law.
