TMC MP Sagatika Ghose criticised the SHANTI Bill which was passed in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Speaking in the Upper House of the Parliament, Ghose called the bill, the oligarch'isation' of the Indian nuclear energy system.

DMK MP P Wilson said that the Bill does not address valid safety concerns and instead dilutes the liability of the supplier.

He further said that the nuclear installations are unsafe.

He also said that the country still does not have a fully proven, fail-safe, long-term waste disposal mechanism.

“The Bill proposes expansion without first resolving this historic injustice,” he said.

He further said that the Bill undermines decades of safeguards and threatens the sovereignty of the energy policy of the nation.

He said that the bill shows that a private operator in India can walk away after paying Rs. 3000 crores while farmers, fishermen, workers, future generations and taxpayers pay the price for decades.

Meanwhile, AAP MP Sandeep Kumar Pathak said that with the bill, India is importing the private nuclear model from abroad without importing their regulatory frameworks.

He also said that those responsible for overseeing Nuclear power projects should report to the Parliament.

“In India the operators, regulators and promoters are the same people. Those doing the policing should be an independent statutory body,” he said.

YSRCP MP Ayodhya Rami Reddy Alla said that the bill does not assure benefit to States, development of or compensation to local communities.

He further said that the Bill does not clearly state how affected communities will be informed, represented or assisted in receiving compensation.

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