08-14-2006, 11:55 PM
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Pioneer.com
K Venkataramanan | Chennai
With the spectre of Independence Day terror threats looming large, the Army took effective control of security at the atomic installations at Kalpakkam and imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew to prevent any terror strike on the vital establishment.
The Navy stationed two ships to patrol the sea close to the coastal installation, while commandos of the National Security Guard kept vigil alongside the Central Industrial Security Force, official sources said on Monday.
Kalpakkam, a small township about 70 km from here, is surrounded by fishing hamlets, but fishermen were asked to stay at home since midnight on Sunday, and revenue and police officials began explaining to the people about the curfew after dark. The curfew within an eight km radius of Kalpakkam will be in force from 6.00 pm to 6.00 am.
Strangers were being questioned and tourists were asked to keep away from the vicinity of Kalpakkam, which is located on the picturesque East Coast Road en route to Pondicherry on a stretch of highway dotted with beachside resorts and is close to the historic rock temple town of Mamallapuram.
"We are not taking any chances, as there is a red alert by Intelligence agencies about threats to vital installations in the country around Independence Day," officials said.
Kalpakkam is the location for the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), which is engaged in vital aspects of research relating to India's nuclear energy programme. It has two units of the Madras Atomic Power Station, besides the Fast Breeder Test Reactor, which has achieved high levels of burn-up in recent times, marking a milestone in the country's atomic programme. It has facilities to enrich uranium and reprocess spent fuel for repeated use. The first Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) is being constructed in the complex.
IGCAR figures in the list of installations that India wants to be designed as a military facility under its proposed separation plan.
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Stringent security measures have been put in place in many sensitive areas and locations, especially at railway stations, airports and the Chennai port. Entry of visitors has been banned in Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore and Tiruchi airports, while vehicles entering the airports were subjected to intense checks
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Pioneer.com
K Venkataramanan | Chennai
With the spectre of Independence Day terror threats looming large, the Army took effective control of security at the atomic installations at Kalpakkam and imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew to prevent any terror strike on the vital establishment.
The Navy stationed two ships to patrol the sea close to the coastal installation, while commandos of the National Security Guard kept vigil alongside the Central Industrial Security Force, official sources said on Monday.
Kalpakkam, a small township about 70 km from here, is surrounded by fishing hamlets, but fishermen were asked to stay at home since midnight on Sunday, and revenue and police officials began explaining to the people about the curfew after dark. The curfew within an eight km radius of Kalpakkam will be in force from 6.00 pm to 6.00 am.
Strangers were being questioned and tourists were asked to keep away from the vicinity of Kalpakkam, which is located on the picturesque East Coast Road en route to Pondicherry on a stretch of highway dotted with beachside resorts and is close to the historic rock temple town of Mamallapuram.
"We are not taking any chances, as there is a red alert by Intelligence agencies about threats to vital installations in the country around Independence Day," officials said.
Kalpakkam is the location for the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), which is engaged in vital aspects of research relating to India's nuclear energy programme. It has two units of the Madras Atomic Power Station, besides the Fast Breeder Test Reactor, which has achieved high levels of burn-up in recent times, marking a milestone in the country's atomic programme. It has facilities to enrich uranium and reprocess spent fuel for repeated use. The first Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) is being constructed in the complex.
IGCAR figures in the list of installations that India wants to be designed as a military facility under its proposed separation plan.
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Stringent security measures have been put in place in many sensitive areas and locations, especially at railway stations, airports and the Chennai port. Entry of visitors has been banned in Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore and Tiruchi airports, while vehicles entering the airports were subjected to intense checks
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