8.7.13

Somewhere in Haryana....

Four blackbucks have died in the past three days after getting trapped in the metal fencing around a nuclear power plant site near Badopal village of Fatehabad district in Haryana, provoking protests from residents.
One blackbuck each died on Friday and Saturday night, and two were killed on Sunday morning after getting stuck in the fencing. They fell prey to attacks by stray dogs.
On Sunday, members of the Bishnoi community took along the carcasses of three animals and sat on dharna at the bus stand in Badopal. Later, seven of the protesters met the deputy commissioner and submitted a plea for dismantling the fence around the plant being built by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL).
The committee urged the deputy commissioner to remove the metal fence from Badopal,” People For Animals member Manoj Karwasra said.
“The deputy commissioner assured us he would take up the matter with the government and the NPCIL project manager,” he added.
Nearly 500 blackbucks and an equal number of nilgais are found near the area where the NPCIL is planning a residential colony.

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