Kalam, who visited the site on Sunday, said people should not have "even a nano sized doubt" over the safety of the project.
A Rs200 crore 10-point action plan for development of the area around Kudankulam nuclear project was mooted by former President APJ Abdul Kalam as he appealed to people not to have even a 'nano sized doubt' over the power plant's safety.
Creation of 10,000 jobs and building a four-lane highway and a world-class hospital have been envisaged under the "Kudankulampura" project plan submitted to the Tamil Nadu government for implementation by the Centre before 2015.
Vouching for the safety of the controversial project hit by protests, Kalam, who visited the site in Tirunelveli district yesterday, said people should not have "even a nano sized doubt" over the safety of the project, as it met all the four safety aspects--nuclear criticality, radiation, thermal hydraulic and structural integrity safety.
The missile scientist suggested construction of a four-lane highway connecting Kudankulam and villages 30 km around it with Madurai, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari, a world-class hospital with over 500-beds, mobile medical facilities to locals and creation of 10,000 jobs to people in the radius of 30 to 60 km. Providing bank loans to youth with upto 25 per cent subsidy was another suggestion.
In his study report submitted to the state government, Kalam also suggested creating infrastructure facilities like construction of green houses, multi-storeyed housing complex, and playgrounds.
He said fishermen in the area should be provided with motorboats, small jetties and fish cold storage facilities.
Kalam, who prepared the report along with his advisor V Ponraj, said efforts should be made to provide locals one million litres of drinking water through desalination process and water should be brought from Pechiparai reservoir in Kanyakumari district for agriculture and drinking water needs.
The report also suggested setting up of five CBSE and state government syllabus schools with hostel facilities, connecting all villages through broadband Internet, setting up of Disaster Protection and Management Centre and guiding selected youth to get permanent employment.
Kalam, a strong advocate of nuclear energy, said, "At the same time, efforts should be made to remove people's fears by providing relevant information and with their full co-operation, the plant should start functioning as scheduled to enable Tamil Nadu to get 1000 MW power."
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