Kudankulam production likely in 2 months: Jaya

March 29, 2012 14:11

Days after her government's green signal to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said the plant is expected
to commence production in two months.

"The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project is expected to commence production in two months", she said in the state assembly, elaborating on steps to increase energy availability to the power crisis hit state.

The government had recently given its go ahead to the Indo-Russian project at Kudankulam, where work was stalled for several months, following protest by anti-nuclear activists over safety concerns. Work on the first two units, each capable of producing 1000 MW, is almost complete.

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