Protests don’t erupt. They are funded. Kundankulam exposed a fault line. Power for Bharat meant losses elsewhere. The real story is inside.
- Dr. Deepessh Divaakaran
- 6 days ago
- 3 min read
Kundankulam was always controversial.
Called an environmental threat.
Accused of killing livelihoods.
Yet India and Russia kept building.
5 Dec 2025.
The India-Russia joint statement is blunt.
Four more units will go ahead.
The real question is not why now.
It’s why this took decades.
Since 1988.
Thirty-six years.
This was never about nature.
Never about fishermen.
Never about democracy.
It was about power.
And money.
Cold War era.
India signs a nuclear deal with the USSR.
Kundankulam 6 Units reactor planned.
6,000 MW.
1991
USSR collapses.
Project freezes.
Files gather dust.
1998
Pokhran-II.
India declares itself nuclear.
Sanctions follow.
Canada exits.
The US blocks cooperation.
Europe shuts doors.
Atomic projects stall.
Independence has a price.
2000
Russia steps in.
Sanctions or not.
Politics aside.
Fuel assured.
Technology assured.
Construction begins.
Locals live normally.
No anger.
No fear.
Then 2007.
Suddenly, protests erupt.
Perfectly organised.
Perfectly funded.
Slogans appear overnight.
“Livelihood destroyed.”
“Environment at risk.”
Media arrive early.
NGOs arrive faster.
Money flows in.
From the US.
From Europe.
Only one site burns.
Not Tarapur = US Made
Not Rajasthan = Canada Made
Not Narora = Western Fuel
Only Kundankulam.
2012
Road blockades.
Church networks activate.
Petitions filed.
Foreign journalists land.
Global headlines scream.
“India vs Environment.”
The plant stops.
Again.
Who benefits if India stays on coal?
Who profits if oil imports continue?
Who loses if nuclear scales?
Westinghouse.
GE-Hitachi.
Areva.
Peabody.
Glencore.
BHP.
Maersk.
MSC.
Lloyd’s of London.
JP Morgan.
Goldman Sachs.
HSBC.
2014
India tightens FCRA rules.
Foreign NGO money slows.
Surprisingly Protests fade.
Unit-1 goes live.
2016
Unit-2 follows.
Delhi learns.
If six reactors must rise,
Laws must rise faster.
2020-2024.
Quiet work.
Fuel chains reworked.
Sanction insulation built.
Dollar bypass planned.
Shipping and insurance secured.
Why?
One unit = 1,000 MW.
Six units = 6,000 MW.
That replaces
24 million tonnes of coal every year.
Coal ships stop.
Ports go quiet.
Insurance premiums die.
Freight dollars vanish.
India imports less coal.
Burns less oil.
Exits western trade choke points.
Fuel comes from Russia.
Paid in rupee-ruble.
That’s the fear.
Because today,
India’s other reactors depend on fuel from
the US, Canada, Australia, Kazakhstan.
Dollar Settled.
Tracked.
Sanction Vulnerable.
That’s why India stayed capped
At 700 MW per site.
Kundankulam breaks that ceiling.
If it scales, it replicates.
Across coasts.
Across decades.
That’s why private nuclear opens.
That’s why Russia matters.
Protests aren’t about rivers.
Headlines aren’t about fish.
Noise isn’t about democracy.
It’s about money flows.
So ask one question
every time you see a revolt.
Who loses billions
if Bharat powers itself?
That answer explains everything.
Bharat isn’t rising.
Bharat is breaking ceilings.
And that terrifies empires.
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