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Shillong, May 4: The members of an anti-uranium mining group, the Langrin Youth Welfare Association, met Meghalaya Governor R.S. Mooshahary (in picture) today and informed him that the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) was trying to mislead the people through inducements to carry out mining in the state.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, members of the anti-mining group said the corporation was misleading the people with various inducements, including development packages.
The Centre had offered a Rs 10,000-crore development package and job opportunities to the local residents, through the UCIL.
The corporation also offered to construct roads, hospitals and provide drinking water.
The president of the anti-mining group, B.S. Lyngdoh, said the Centre, instead of investing in “destructive nuclear energy”, should focus on harnessing hydel power projects in West Khasi Hills, particularly the pending Kynshi power project.
The group urged the governor to take immediate steps to stop the proposed uranium mining and communicate its request to the Centre.
It added that uranium mining would have an adverse effect on the health of the people living in the uranium mining sites.
It also pointed out that many villagers would be displaced before the UCIL starts its mining activities.
It handed over to the governor, the newspaper clippings related to the public hearing, organised by the UCIL, at Nongbah Jynrin, one of the uranium mining sites in West Khasi Hills on June 12, 2007.
In the public hearing, a majority of the people had opposed mining.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090505/jsp/northeast/story_10915676.jsp
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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