India's nuclear operator NPCIL said it expected things to return to normal at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project within the next four to six weeks, paving way for its commissioning by August.

A top official of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited said that "I expect that in four to six weeks things would come to normal (at Kudankulam).”

He said nuclear scientists would require another four months after things return to normal to commission the first 1000 MW unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project.

Hopes for resolution of the months long agitation against KNPP had brightened when the Tamil Nadu government set up a four member team headed by Prof S Iniyan to look into the concerns of local people over the project.

NPCIL has launched a massive awareness campaign in and around Kudankulam informing the people on the safety aspects of the plant.

(Sourced from DNA)