Karuna slams Lanka for raking up nuke project issue

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam President M Karunanidhi on Tuesday slammed Sri Lanka for raking up the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project issue, saying India "will do what is required."

The Kudankulam project was not something new and had been started many years ago and work on it is currently in progress, he said, adding it cannot be "accepted if they rake  up the issue now."

"Indian government will do what is required," he told reporters at his residence before leaving for the assembly to sign the member of Legislative Assembly 's register.

His remarks came a day after Colombo voiced concern over the possible impact of radiation from India's nuclear power plants in the southern region, as it prepares to raise the issue with global atomic watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency.

"We respect the right of India to have nuclear power stations. But our concerns are on the possible radiation affects they could have on Sri Lanka. We have already written a letter", Sri Lanka's power and energy minister Champika Ranawaka had said.