URANIUM-BLOCKADE TWO LAST

URANIUM-BLOCKADE TWO LAST

The two-day night blockade will resume at 9 pm (1530 hrs
GMT) Wednesday and continue till 5 am on Friday (11:30 hrs IST
Thursday).

The KSU is protesting the state government's decision to
lease 422 hectares land to the Uranium Corporation of India
(UCIL) in the uranium-rich areas of the state for pre-project
developmental works. The students body contends that the
project would lead to severe health hazards besides impacting
the environment.

The Lapang cabinet has leased out 422 sq hectares of land
having uranium deposits in West Khasi Hills for 30 years to
UCIL which had agreed to earmark Rs 209 crore to carry out the
pre-project development programmes, including health care
facilities, power, drinking water, schools and roads.

The mining issue in Meghalaya has been hanging fire for
more than two decades now with some prominent NGOs and
political parties vehemently opposed to the proposal on the
grounds that it would lead to degradation of the environment
besides opening the floodgates for outsiders into the tribal
state. PTI RTJ
JVN


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