Relay hunger strike enters day
5, works remain suspended
5, works remain suspended

Work on the nuclear power project in Koodankulam was affected for the ninth consecutive day as the scientists and technocrats of the Indo-Russian Joint Venture were not allowed to go inside owing to security reasons even as the third phase of relay hunger strike being observed by the anti-power project protestors entered fifth day at Idinthakarai Coastal Hamlet, here today.

Hundreds of people, including women, were taking part in the relay hunger strike in front of St Lourdes Church, demanding that the Centre scrap the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), fearing possible nuclear radiation leakage once the plant begins power production besides they might be displaced from their native villages.