With a view to spreading awareness about the need of atomic energy plants, the third series of an animation film would be launched soon and would be shown in school free of cost.
'Budhiya', a character in the animation flick created by Amritesh Srivastava - the corporate manager of Indian Atomic Power Corporation and resident of lucknow -- is seen elated in the latest series. In the recent flick, 'Badal Gaya Budhiya' (Budhiya has changed) is shown happy over the establishment of atomicenergy plant as all his myths have been removed, Srivastava said.
In the first edition, the animated character was shown being scared of the plant. He had many doubts and beliefs that the plant would transmit harmful rays and devastate everything.
He informs about it to his village gram pradhan, who informs him about the importance of the atomic energy plant.
In the earlier series 'Budhiya Ki Sair' (Budhiya's tours), he was shown visiting many villages and tell people not to be scared as the plant does not have any ill-effects.
Meanwhile, the flick which has been released in several languages including Gujarathi, Marathi, Hindi, English,
Telugu, Tamil and Kannada, is being shown in schools for awareness among children, he said.People are changing their thinking about atmoic energy plants, the Indian Atomic Energy Plant official said,
last year, villagers of Tamil Nadu registered their protest against one such plant in Kundakulam, but they were later convinced by scientists.
The first atomic power plant was set-up in 1969 in India. Of the total 20 atomic power plants in the country, one is
located in Narora in Bulandshehar district of UP, Srivastva said.
The demand for power is approximately three lakh mega watt in the country, but its total production from all kinds
of power plants nears around Rs two lakhs.
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