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clearance, indicative of the fact that the clearance was always going to be a mere formality, and<br />

even though the final project agreement has yet to be signed with France. On November 28, 2010,<br />

the Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh granted environmental clearance for the project; while<br />

giving this permission, the Ministry of Environment and Forests imposed 35 conditions that the<br />

project would have to follow. cdxxv During French President Sarkozy’s visit to India, a framework<br />

agreement for the supply of the first two reactors by Areva was signed on December 6, 2010.<br />

According to newsreports, operationalisation of the agreement will take some time as negotiations<br />

on technical issues like pricing are still underway. cdxxvi<br />

According to the Department of Atomic <strong>Energy</strong>, the process of granting the necessary<br />

clearances for the Haripur, Kovvada and Mithivirdi projects has also begun; once this is done, the<br />

land acquisition process would begin. cdxxvii There are also plans to set up another 6000 MW nuclear<br />

park at Markandi (Pati Sonapur) in Orissa. cdxxviii<br />

In addition, NPC has got in principle approval to set up 4 indigenous PHWR reactors of 700<br />

MW each at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district of Haryana, and another 2 similar reactors at<br />

Bargi in Madhya Pradesh. cdxxix<br />

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