I. Answer the following questions.

1. What measures should the government have taken when the nuclear reactor was installed beside the village?

2. What havoc can radioactive dust cause?

3. Pick out the words/expressions/images that describe the tragedy caused by the radioactive dust

4. What is the common theme that runs through the assorted narratives presented under the title ‘A Tale of Three Villages’? Substantiate your answer with evidences from the three Texts?

Out of the three villages you have read about, choose one village of your choice (you may also choose a completely different one). You are a T.V. reporter. You need to go to one of the villages and from there you have to report orally to the news channel what all you find there. How would you report?

Write the script — the dialogue between you and the T.V newsreader. The beginning is given below.

T.V. News Reader : Our correspondent reports from Koko village - What is the situation there? How do you find the village? What are the people around saying?

Talk to your elders about life fifty years ago. Talk to them as to how the plants, animals and water bodies were cared for or not cared. Seek the views of the elders and fill in the table and present it before the class.