Schools shut down for two days in protest at Jaitapur reactors

About 70 schools in and around Madhban village, where the Jaitapur nuclear power plant is coming up closed for two days on January 10 and 11 as part of protests against the project. From kindergarten to high schools, around 70 schools with nearly 2,500 students shut down on Monday and Tuesday in 20 villages, including Madhban, Mithgawane, Karel, Niweli and Ansure that are the most affected. Land was seized from the villagers of Madhban by force. Five villages will be affected by the giant French nuclear power plant.