A video-conference has been scheduled between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin for an interaction regarding their plans to start the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project's first unit in Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will also participate through video link.

According to the Newspapers the unit would be dedicated to the nation and "Indo-Russian friendship and cooperation."

Since 2014, the Russian technology plant has been in service. It generates 1,000 mw of power, half of which feeds Tamil Nadu.

India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited has been setting up two 1,000 mw Russian reactors at Kudankulam village in Tirunelveli district.

The reactors at Kudankulam are being built by India's nuclear power corporation and a subsidiary of Russia's nuclear regulatory body, Rosatom jointly.

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By Prakriti Neogi