Jairam Ramesh Pitches For Power Plants In Coastal Areas

"India must get used to get power plants being located in coastal areas. The requirement of water, the requirement of imported coals or imported gas or even imported uranium fuel will necessiate the location power plants particularly in our coastal locations," he said.

Justifying his ministry's decision to give conditional clearance to set up a nuclear power plant in Jaitapur, Ramesh quipped "we have not yet invented a power plant that hangs up in the air". Read the full report here.

Source: DNA, New Delhi.