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Jaya writes again to PM, asks for entire power from Kudankulam

With the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) all set to commence power generation, In an letter addressed to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on 25th April demanded that the entire power produced from it should be given to the state.

"Now I understand that nuclear fuel loading is going to take place in the next few days in the first unit of the plant of 1000 MW capacity. It is expected that criticality will be reached in the following 20 days or so, leading to power generation from the first unit of the plant", she said in a letter to PM.

Recalling her March 31 letter to to PM in this regard, she said details with regard to action on the allocation of the entire power to be generated from the KNPP to the state were "yet to be known".

In the backdrop of the first unit of KNPP expected to attain criticality, Jayalalithaa said she would like to remind the Prime Minister about her earlier request.

"I am sure that you will do the needful by accepting the absolutely justified demand of our state",said Jayalalithaa.
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