Serious differences have emerged between the Centre and Telangana Government over uranium explorations in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve, spread across Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts in southern part of the state. The state Forest Department has said it will not allow any exploration that interferes with the natural habitat of the …
Pilot Study In CP Finds Disturbing Levels Of Heavy Metals That Pose Health Threat New Delhi: That the air we breathe is polluted is known to one and all. But did you know that we also breathe in heavy metals like thorium, uranium, lead and arsenic that pose a serious …
TURA: The Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) has warned the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State from going ahead with exploratory work for uranium mining in and around the famous Balpakram National Park (BNP). Publicity secretary of GNLA, Gilsang Matgrik Marak alias Aski, …
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said both the Centre and the State governments are trying their best to go ahead with the uranium mining in Meghalaya for the purpose of meeting the country's energy need. The Prime Minister was talking to The Shillong Times on board the …
GUWAHATI: The National Board for Wild Life (NBWL) has decided to undertake a site inspection of the uranium deposit in Balpakram National Park in the State in response to the proposal submitted by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to de-notify an area of 8 square kilometers at Rongcheng Plateau …
The National Board of Wild Life (NBWL) has decided to conduct a site inspection in response to the proposal from Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to de-notify an area of 8 sq km at Rongcheng Plateau in Balpakram National Park in Meghalaya for exploratory uranium mining even as protests have …
A proposal for an exploratory drilling at a newly-surveyed uranium site inside the Balpakram National Park (BNP), in South Garo hills of Meghalaya, has raised the hackles of wildlife and conservation groups in the State. The 400-sq km BNP is a known habitat for Asian elephant, tiger and other endangered …
Shillong: The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has now set its sights on uranium occurring in and around the Balpakram National Park. A proposal to de-notify an area of 8 sq.km for exploratory mining in the Roncheng Plateau in the environs of Balpakram is already lying with the relevant departments …
AUSTRALIA on Tuesday ruled out the prospect of selling uranium to India, saying its stand on the issue remains unchanged as the country is a non-signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean ruled out a change in the policy.
Various facets of energy security would continue to engage the policy makers and other stake holders as energy continues to drive economies, policies and even geo-strategy. The country has come a long way since the Tarapore Nuclear Plant began commercial operation way back in 1969. The progress has been slow …
Uranium content in groundwater varies markedly depending upon geological terrain, climate, proximity of uranium deposits, as well as composition of the water. In India, the average reported range of uranium in groundwater is from 0.01 to 19.6 micrograms/litre (ug/L). Uranium in groundwater drawn from handpumps and shallow tube wells (up …
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) have decided to jointly study the presence of high levels of uranium in ground water in the state, reported the cause of abnormally high incidence of cancer. The study would begin within three months. BS Bajwa, Professor of …
Jyoti Malhotra / New Delhi March 23, 2010, 0:58 IST India and Russia may have discussed far-reaching nuclear and defence cooperation behind the closed doors of Hyderabad House during Vladimir Putin
SHILLONG: The ten-member committee on Welfare of ST, SC and OBC of Meghalaya headed by HDR Lyngdoh, which went on a fact finding mission visiting nuclear processing units and to Jagduguda uranium mines in Jharkhand, has favoured uranium mining in the State. The Committee, headed by the Congress legislator has …
Shillong, March 19: A Meghalaya Assembly panel today recommended that the government take up a uranium mining project in West Khasi Hills district without further delay but subject to some conditions. The 10-member committee, headed by Congress legislator HDR Lyngdoh, made the suggestion regarding the Kylleng Pyndengsohiong Mawthabah uranium mining …
SHILLONG: The first meeting of the Joint Committee on Uranium in Meghalaya (JCUM) that was boycotted by KSU and CCSO decided to inspect the proposed mining areas at Mawthabah within two months to elicit views of the local people on the controversial issue. However, the government made it clear that …
In its efforts to end the ongoing impasse over the controversial Uranium mining issue in Meghalaya, the State Government on Tuesday said it was open to an independent panel of experts to examine the entire gamut of the problem, particularly the hazards of radiation. This was decided at the first …
