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20 August 2008 at 16:40 IST
India to go ahead with uranium mining in Meghalaya
Commodity OnlineSHILLONG: The Indian government has deployed a top nuclear energy expert to talk to opposition groups that have blocked uranium mining in the northeastern state of Meghalaya.
The government has been unbale to make any headway for uranium mining project in Meghalaya that has around 3,75,000 tonnes of uranium ore as per surveys done by the top Atomic Energy Department.
Government says uranium that can be mined from Meghalaya fields can fulfil nearly 20 percent of India's current demand. But several political parties and NGOs have opposed the project on environmental and health grounds.
Officials told Commodity Online that the government has asked Atomic Energy Department Chairman Anil Kakodkar to hold parleys with the anti-mining groups.
Kakodkar is scheduled to meet Chief Minister Donkupar Roy and other government officials this week, besides conveying the Centre's views to the anti-mining groups, including political parties in the ruling coalition like the HSPDP and KHNAM.
Both of them have been opposing the project citing health hazards from radiation. Kakodkar will be accompanied by top officials of the AED. The visit of the AED chairman assumes significance in view of the current demand for uranium in the country and th e Centre's recent decision to go ahead with the Indo-US nuclear deal.
The government is learnt to be eager to start mining at Mawthabah in West Khasi Hills district here at the earliest. Earlier, an all-party committee on the project formed two separate groups of experts in a bid to allay the fears of health hazards arising ou t of the mining.
The Meghalaya mining project is estimated at around Rs 1000 crore.
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