Active threat
Radioactive waste spills over into fields in Jharkhand
about 4 hectares of agricultural land in Talsa village near Jamshedpur looks jaundiced. The soil has turned light yellow and villagers fear it might have gone barren. On June 17, radioactive waste from a pond of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (ucil) spilled over and deluged the village pond and well.
Fearing radioactive contamination, villagers stopped using the pond and well water. ucil claimed that the spillover was due to incessant rains causing floods. Rainfall this year was 390 mm, the highest in the area in 50 years.
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