Journalist Nityanand Jayaramans conversation with Koodankulam Station Director R.S.Sundar Conversation with NPCIL, Koodankulam Station Director R.S. Sundar on his mobile phone 9443350706 at around 3.40 p.m. NJ (me): Hello Sir. This is Nityanand. Im a freelance writer. Im calling to find out if the workers admitted at Krishna Kumar Hospital in Nagercoil are from your plant. RSS: Who are you? First tell me who you are. NJ: My name is Nityanand Jayaraman and Im a freelance journalist from Chennai, currently speaking from Coonoor. RSS: I dont speak to freelance journalists, only normal journalists. NJ: Sir, I am a normal journalist. There are a lot of rumours doing the rounds. I merely wanted to confirm that there was an incident at Koodankulam. RSS: What did you say your name was? NJ: Nityanand Jayaraman. RSS: I dont know you. Who do you write for? NJ: Im a freelancer sir. I write opinion pieces and have published in Yahoo, The Hindu, Tehelka and have written extensively about Koodankulam. RSS: I only speak to journalists I know. NJ: Obviously, you cant know all the journalists. How can I get a confirmation then? RSS: You go speak to someone else. Speak to Corporate Communications. NJ: You seem very angry with the media sir. Any problem? RSS: No problem. There is nothing. i dont know you. Thats all. NJ: But you are not likely to know many of the international media either. How can you speak to them then? RSS: I cannot speak to international media. I cannot speak to you. NJ: I am not from the international media. I am a Chennai based freelancer. I just wanted a simple confirmation sir. Did any incident take place at Koodankulam today? RSS: You come on the land line. NJ: Can you give me the land line number sir? RSS: You speak to Corporate Communications. NJ: Can you give me their number sir? RSS: No. I dont have it. You call on the land line. NJ: Can I have the number sir? [Hands it over to assistant] Assistant: Take down sir. 259718. NJ: Area code sir? Assistant: 04637 NJ: Who should I speak to sir? Assistant: You just call that number? NJ: Who should I ask for? Assistant: Speak to the person who picks up the phone. [Hangs up} It makes one wonder, especially when the person who picks up the phone when I called says cryptically that All the injured are in conscious condition. If it is a small incident as stated by Mr. R.S. Sundar to NDTV, why all this cloak and dagger. If the plant has a sound disaster/emergency response system, why did they have to drive more than 1 hour on bad roads to Nagercoil to treat the injuries from a small incident. Clearly, NPCIL does not have a disaster management plan in place, and its corporate communications itself is a disaster that has to be managed. - AM AMAZED TO SEE HOW SUCH HALF BAKED FOOLS HEAD THE NUCLEAR ESTABLISHMENTS
Posted on: Wed, 14 May 2014 14:30:02 +0000
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