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The arid and backward Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh may well be sitting over one of the world’s largest uranium reserves. The uranium reserves in and around Tummalapalle village in Kadapa district were initially estimated at 15,000 tonne, but continuous exploration has shown promise of further reserves. Last year, the …
The Meghalaya government on Friday denied a report that fish in the State's Ranikor river were dying due to exploratory drilling for uranium ore and claimed the water had turned toxic from substances used by local people for fishing. “The fish have died not due to exploratory drilling for uranium …
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman Srikumar Banerjee said that the most valuable uranium ore in the country was in M. Tummalapalle in Kadapa district. He formally launched an uranium ore mine and processing plant at M. Tummalapalle in Vemula mandal of Kadapa district on Friday. Speaking to mediapersons on the …
Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee will commission the Rs. 1,106 crore uranium ore mine and processing plant set up by Uranium Corporation of India at Thummalapalle village in Vemula mandal in Kadapa district on Friday, April 20. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had cleared the uranium ore mining …
Jamshedpur, April 17: Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) today commissioned its last mining project in the state — an underground mine at Mohuldih in Rajnagar block of Seraikela-Kharsawan district, about 25km from Jamshedpur. Speaking after the commissioning, chairman-cum-managing director of the public sector unit Diwakar Acharya said the uranium …
The American company, Dow Chemicals, should not be sponsoring the Olympics, said the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Ms Jayanthi Natarajan. Speaking to a group of media persons on the sidelines of Business Ethics Conference — Beacon 2012, organised by Loyola Institute of Business Administration here on Friday, she …
The Tummalapalle uranium mine located in YSR district of Andhra Pradesh would be commissioned by early April. The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has estimated uranium reserves of the mine at 1.5 lakh tonnes, which are one of the largest in the world. The DAE Spokesperson, Mr S.K. Malhotra, said …
Yadgir district in-charge to meet Chief Minister today Residents of Gogi village and surrounding places, along with local legislators, have strongly opposed uranium mining by the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. (UCIL) in their village in Yadgir district and have demanded that the Government cancel the project, which they fear …
SHILLONG: Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma has admitted that the Atomic Mineral Division (AMD) has requested the State Government for shifting the proposed Kynshi Stage-II hydro-electric project to another site. “I have been brief by AMD officials that if the project is not shifted it will submerge areas where there …
The government will spend Rs 30 crore in removing 346 tonnes of toxic waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy site, over 25 years after the deadly industrial disaster took place. The waste will be taken to Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)-controlled incineration facility near Nagpur, Maharashtra. “The toxic waste …
AROUND 300 tonnes of toxic waste still lies unattended at the former factories of Union Carbide in Bhopal. Dow Chemicals, which now owns Union Carbide, the company responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, will spend £7 million on the 2012 London Olympics. The same company has refused to clean …
The big increase in uranium reserves estimated in Tummalapalle in Andhra Pradesh has given a boost to prospecting efforts for new finds. The Atomic Minerals Directorate (AMD) has now initiated the process of drilling in the Mahaboobnagar and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh. As a step in this direction, the …
Fluoride in drinking water in Nalgonda district is no longer news. It’s been a problem for ages. What is news is the presence of uranium in the water far beyond maximum permissible levels as prescribed by international agencies. The presence of dissolved uranium in ground water in several villages of …
Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) is expecting to start commercial production from the first phase of the Rs 1,100-crore uranium mining and processing facility at Cuddapah district of Andhra Pradesh by January 2012. Trial production of the 3000-tonne-a-day (tpd) project will begin in October. “We have approached the Ministry …
An indifferent parent, dithering states and a lethargic Centre have allowed Union Carbide’s deadly waste to poison the soil and groundwater in Bhopal Oliver Twist would feel for the 350 million tonnes of toxic chemicals still sitting inside the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal. In 1984, an accident at …
Few Hyderabadis know that they consume 0.14 to 9.50 micrograms per litre of uranium when they drink water from the River Krishna. While the amount is within the permissible limits set by the World Health Organisation, environmentalists warn that the dissolved uranium levels in water will go up once the …
A high-level panel chaired by Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday cleared a project by the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) to mine uranium at village Gogi in Shahapur taluka. It falls in the newly-created Yadgir district of the State. According to sources in the government, UCIL received …
Cost of development: Many suffer from serious health hazards centre of controversy: The area where uranium mining was conducted at Gogi in Shahpur village of Yadgir district. It's now the turn of residents in Gogi village of Yadgir district to spend sleepless nights over an upcoming project. Unlike villagers in …
Jamshedpur, July 5: The forest department is trying to rope in public sector enterprises to conserve forestland and thus promote eco-tourism. Sanjeev Kumar, the divisional forest officer (DFO) of Dhalbhum, today convened a meeting with representatives of Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL), Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) and Jharkhand State …
