Where should one setup a power plant

One person killed in Jaitapur case...and so the total count of people killed in police firing protesting against the power plants has reached 4 in the last one year..and the number of protests huge..
Though the apparent reasons from each place, the protests hang on the same principle that no one wants a power plant in their premises..
If no one wants to have a power plant near their premises, then where should a plant be kept...
Recently another power plant's public hearing got disturbed because people complained that a 240 MW imported coal based power plant will cause cancer to them and hence they do not want the power plant.
Why don't people say that we do not want power and energy. Because that alone can stop the crisis..
Moreover, I was wondering what is the role of the police in these power plants and why are the firing upon citizens whom they are supposed to protect...and even the police are as ignorant and as intelligent as the normal public is...so, don't they have any apprehensions towards the power plants..and why is it that they are always supporting the government measures than supporting the protestors.
Things have gone from bad to worse for thermal power plants. No one wants to put a thermal power plant in AP because of the riots...and same may be the case even in Maharashtra. Gujarat, apparently is the only state in India where there are hardly any protests for power plants. Is it because that they are not concerned about their health or is it because they are absolutely ignorant about a power plant?
The other aspect is...in all the places where the protests are happening, the protesters are primarily the un-educated and ignorant labourer or some similar person who has no clue about the power sector, leave alone the differences between nuclear and coal based power plants. Hence can I draw a conclusion that there are probably some ulterior motives drawing these protestors than the actual cause of the pollution being created by these power plants.
I just hope there would be chances for some one to setup a power plant in the near future.

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