Here is the news item from The NewIndian Express

Disaster warning system at IGCAR

CHENNAI: An indigenous disaster warning system would be installed at the atomic power plant in Kalpakkam in two weeks, said Baldev Raj, director of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR).

Here is the article from TheNewindianExpress

CHENNAI: Two premier institutions administered by the Department of Atomic Energy - the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Energy (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam and the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) in Taramani, Chennai - will henceforth function as constituent units of the Homi Bhabha National Institute (Deemed University), Mumbai.

Here is a news article from NewsTodayNet.com.

Director of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, Baldev Raj has been awarded the 'Jaeger Lecture Award' by the International Institute of Welding (IIW) and International Standards Organisation (ISO).

IGCAR employees have served a strike notice. Here is the list of demands.

Rs 12-crore safety shield for Kalpakkam power plant

CHENNAI: The Kalpakkam Atomic plant and the adjoining township would get a safety wall at a cost of Rs 12 crore to minimise the effect of future Tsunami and cyclone attacks, said Baldev Raj, Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), in the city on Wednesday.

Here is the article from Newstodaynet.com.

A set of 40 Life Packages consisting of a fibre boat fitted with motor, fishing net and other essentials were distributed to the fishermen of Pudupattinam and Oyyalikuppam near Kalpakkam affected by the 26 December tsunami. The packages were given by 'Save The Family', a tsunami relief programme, dedicated to rebuilding the lives of the affected in the long-term.

The programme was jointly sponsored by International Management Group East (IMGE) Emergency Relief Fund and HOPE Foundation at a function at Kalpakkam yesterday.

A six-inch long Buddha statue, believed to be from Mayanmar and swept ashore by the Tsunami waves, was found near Kalpakkam. Here is the article from sify.com.

Doctors for Safer Environment (DOSE) a Coimbatore-based non-governmental organisation has posted a critique of Dr. L.V. Krishnan's interview. You can find Dr. L.V. Krishnan's interview here on Kalpakkam.com.

Here is the copy of the critique from http://kalpakkamreactors.rediffblogs.com.

Here is a couple of articles from newstodaynet.com.

The first article questions why the Emergency Control Center in Kalpakkam was not used after the Tsunami.

The second article is about an exculsive colony in Ammaipakkam, that has 130 unoccupied dwellings not beign allocated to the 670 families displaced by the tsunami.

Here is a news item from a Sri Lankan Daily featuring former Kalpakkam resident Srg Lt Cmdr G Parthasarathy (S/O Mrs Padma Gopalan). He graduated from KV-2 in 1989 before joining the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune. The news might have misquoted some details.

Tsunami brings to surface many human qualities
by Bharatha Malawaraarachchi

Despite the fact that the tsunami claimed thousands of lives, it also brought to the surface many human qualities. The story of Indian Navy's Surgeon Lieutenant Commander G. Parathasarthy was one of them.

He was the first Indian doctor to arrive in Sri Lanka to serve the affected people while his own ancestral house in Chennai, Tamil Nadu was washed away by the same tidal waves which struck Sri Lanka.