Japan lifts evacuation order from Naraha, the first town crippled by the Fukushima disaster

The government of Japan has withdrawn the evacuation order for Naraha, the first town near the crippled nuclear reactors of Fukushima more than four years after it had ordered a mass relocations near the tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 5 September 2015.

There were many communities from which the entire population was forced to evacuate after the nuclear crisis started in March 2011 and they of Naraha is the first town that is lifting the ban and opening the doors and allow all of its residents to return home permanently. The decontamination work involved removal of the topsoil, washing exposed road surfaces and wiping down buildings.
In the opinion of the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, this would be a pilot case for nearby areas, because efforts ae on to lift a raft of evacuation orders by March 2017.
However, only about 10 percent of 7,368 registered residents of Naraha were expected to return home because of fears over continued nuclear contamination and uncertainty over whether enough locals -- particularly young people -- would return to restart the community.
Former residents of Naraha held a candlelight vigil overnight to herald in the rebirth of their town but, the future remains uncertain since many young people have already migrated to other cities, found new jobs and have started lives far away from the crippled reactors.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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