The operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant provided "consolation allowances" as compensation for the inhabitants of ten neighboring towns that had been evacuated, reported TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) on Tuesday.
One of the municipalities has declined the donation of 20 million yen (180,000 euros), which is a testament to the growing public anger against TEPCO.
A municipal spokesman said they refused the offer, "which leaves us free to further criticize the company."
"The local population is exceeding 20,000 inhabitants and every resident would have received just over 1,000 yen (approx. nine euros). This (amount) does not allow victims to live."
Approximately 80,000 people are living within the 20 km radius around the power plant that has been damaged in the earthquake followed by a tsunami on 11 March and they were forced to evacuate the area, leaving everything behind.
Many farmers in the Fukushima county were forced to discontinue marketing of vegetables and milk because of high levels of radioactivity derived from four of the six nuclear reactors.
In more than three weeks after the 14 meters high tsunami the situation remains problematic, as long as the cooling systems at nuclear power plant are still not functioning.
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