<span style="color: #222222;">The Maharashtra government has said that the land acquisition process for the 9900 MegaWatt nuclear power plant in Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra has been completed. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Maharashtra Energy Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule in a written reply to a question by Congress MLC Anant Gadgil in the Maharashtra Legislative Council recently said the state government was assisting the Centre to acquire land for the project. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Local residents, as well as parties like the Shiv Sena, have been opposing the project citing safety concerns. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The project is being undertaken by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and the Electricite de France (EDF), a French power utility firm.</span><br />''