Jairam Dismisses Quake Fear At N-Site

But the usually proactive environment minister Jairam Ramesh played down the threat to the proposed project on the Konkan coast.

Ramesh, who announced a Rs 125-crore coastal zone management programme to map hazardous regions for future projects along the country's coast, appeared flustered when asked whether the proposed programme would also look into the issue of setting up nuclear power projects in the coastal zone.

"The question is not relevant to the issue at hand. It is an attempt by the media to extract masala from my statements," he said. Read the full report here.

Source: Sangeeth Sebastian, India Today, New Delhi.