Red Alert for Indian Nuclear Arsenal

THE RED CORRIDOR which is now turningconducting thorough background checks. The
into RED ALERT for Indian sovereignty hasproblem is that India does not only have 22
been camouflaged by the Government of India sodeclared including under construction  nuclear
strongly since years to save the face in the worldreactors, but it also has about 60 less secure
community. But now the cover is proving tooagencies connected with nuclear activities. India is
short to hide this ugly reality.well known for lax security and overworked
Naxals/Maoists issue is widely censored by thesystems; security experts believe smuggling of
common Indians you interact in daily life, but theradioactive materials to be highly probable.
living reality says otherwise. Naxalite/MaoistThere are several other regions where Naxal
insurgents are controlling more than 45%ideology is gaining popularity and more and more
of India without any obstruction from the statepoor and homeless are becoming part of their
anywhere in those regions. The police andArmy. The Maoist/Naxals are too close to
paramilitary is too vulnerable to their deadlycapture the half of India and consolidate their
attacks due to lack of capability and fire power toposition for their future goals.
confront these militants. The most dangerousIt is extremely ironic that India is yelling and
reality is that the Militants are now in full control ofscreaming about the vulnerability of Pakistani
those regions where there are located keyNukes, but it is more catastrophic when we see
Nuclear Installations or most convincingly thethat many important locations of Indian Nuclear
Nuclear Arsenal storage sites.Installations are situated in those areas which are
Talcher’s Heavy Water Plantin complete control of these insurgents. Why this
Starting from the state of Orissa at the easterntruth is hidden from the world attention? The
coast of India, where Maoists are showing muchcatastrophe of weapons slipping into the hands of
stronger presence. A very important Heavymost cruel terrorists on earth is quite possible not
Water Plant is located in the City of Talcher inin years but in days. The question arise that who
this state. Since last many months this city iswill raise the alarm for the world? The world
badly hurt due to repeated terrorist activities ofleaders are quite unmoved on this issue, but once
Maoists and their supporters.we come to know that Naxals have obtained few
Maoists displayed their power most recently whenof the war heads for their ugly means then it will
they blocked the road access to Talcher makingbecome a global threat overnight and the sleeping
things to complete standstill inside that city and insavers of the world would jump for crash
the surrounding areas. Most ironic is that theprogram! This is bad luck for the poor people
presence of law enforcing agencies in these areasof India in particular that their government has
is very minimal and almost next to none. Localthrown them in front of Maoists/Naxals and has
residents are living in extreme fear and inaccepted an undeclared defeat against these
complete insecurity. In these circumstances, anyforces.
serious accident to the Heavy Water Plant wouldFrom every corner of India sane and intellectual
lead to complete catastrophe.journalists and news channels are now beginning
It is ironic that besides being completely helplessto raise their voice on this issue but it seems that
against the growing influence of Maoist near thiswater has reached the noses already.
important nuclear site, Indian media is not alarmingWhen we analyze as to why India is not taking
any warnings. It is clear that India is hiding thisstrong action against Maoists/Naxals then we can
matter deliberately and does not want the worldfind few important reasons behind this criminal
to know about the intensity of the threat.delay which is hurting Indian existence. India has till
Uranium mines & mills, Jaduguda, Jharkandnow portrayed itself as a safe and trouble free
The important Uranium mines and mills in Jadugudacountry thus gaining maximum attention of
Jharkand are facing worst catastrophe of deadlytourism and foreign investment which it does not
leakages when a new tailings pipeline burst causedwant to loose due to this issue.
a uranium mill tailings spill that reached nearby- Next year a huge event of Cricket World Cup is
homes. Ironically this incidence of Internationalto be staged in India and the Government does
importance was camouflaged again by the Indiannot want a situation in which the neighboring
media. It is widely believed that this particular areacountry Pakistan has fallen into after initiating
is now under full control of Naxal/Moist forces.assault over Taliban Militants which brought
Madras Atomic Power Stationcomplete catastrophe and subsequent barring of
Located at  Kalpakkam about 80 km south ofall International sporting events to be staged
Chennai, is a comprehensive nuclearthere for security reasons.
power production, fuel reprocessing and waste- India does not want itself to be slipped into the
treatment  facility that includes plutonium fuelsame situation where Pakistan has been pointed
fabrication for fast breeder reactiors [FBRs]. It isout as an unsafe Nuclear Power.
also India's first fully indigenously constructed- It is also believed that Americans are trying to
nuclear power station. It has two units of 170 MWpenetrate into Nuclear Installations of India in the
capacity each. The first and second units of thename of assistance or help to increase security
station went critical in 1983 and 1985 respectively.level of these Installations. Some of them are
The station has reactors housed in a reactoralmost 4 decades old and have completed their
building with double shell containment ensuring totallife. India is trying to hide the vulnerable status of
protection even in the remotest possibility of losstheir Nuclear command and control system to
of coolant accident. An Interim Storage Facilityavoid undue interference of USA.
[ISF] is also located in KalpakkamIn short, Indian nation would have to bear the
Naxal tentacles are reaching Chennai which asthreat of Naxals/Maoists helplessly because in the
mentioned above has this important Power Plant,near future Indian Government seems to have
Naxal presence just few kilometers from this cityno plan but to unwillingly allow these terrorists to
is a living threat which no one can ignore so easily.spread their influence inside the whole of the
The recent train mishap in Chennai is believed toIndian territories.
be the activity of Naxals to signal their strongUSA, Great Brittan, France, China and Germany
presence in this region too.should see this latest development with clear
Narora nuclear power plantresponsibility because the threat of Maoist/Naxals
Narora is located on the banks of river Ganges,is 1000 times more deadly than Tehreek e
in district Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh. A nuclearTaliban  Pakistan who are confined to only some
power plant is located in its vicinity. The insurgentremote mountain areas as compared to Naxals
sympathizers smuggle highly radioactive materialMaoists who are controlling the cities and the huge
out of the Nuclear Fuel Complex to detonate aregion in full. World cannot afford to see the
radiological dispersion device or ‘dirtyNuclear Arsenal of India easily slipping into the
bomb’ in Hyderabad. In an example ofhands of Naxals who can use that any time
security blunder that could have resulted in theanywhere to surprise the peace loving nations. It
theft of fissile material, in August 2006. Securityis also possible that these insurgents who are so
was tightened in and around the Narora nuclearclose to capture these important weapons would
power plant after three men working there wasalso sell them ahead to Al Qaeda or any deadly
arrested for giving fake addresses at the time ofgroup which can hit America with unmatchable
their appointments. Unbelievably, the men wereintensity as USA has put a blind eye on this
given access to the facilities without firstpossibility.