SHILLONG, Oct 13: Years of untold misery and hardship prompted eight village chiefs and land owners of Mawthabah-Nongbah Jynrin to endorse the government
nongstoin: The Khasi Student Union (KSU), Warsan Lyngdoh Circle claimed that the support extended by landowners in and around the area where uranium deposits are found is a farce. The organization will hold a rally in the coming weeks to enlighten the public on the issue.
SHILLONG, Oct 8: Amidst the growing tension and protest on the contentious issue of uranium mining and the pre-project development activities, Meghalaya Governor RS Mooshahary sought to set at rest speculations and apprehensions in the minds of some sections of the people and NGOs regarding mining of the radio-active mineral.
Deploring anti-uranium mining groups in the State, Meghalaya Governor RS Mooshahary today said there were sections opposing the mining project due to misunderstanding and spreading misinformation on the issue.
The Khasi Students Union (KSU) president, Samuel Jyrwa, along with a 15-member delegation of the Union reached New Delhi on Friday for their meeting with the National Alliance of Anti-nuclear Movement (NAAM).
Iran agreed in talks with the United States and other major powers to open its newly revealed uranium enrichment plant near Qom to international inspection in the next two weeks and to send most of its openly declared enriched uranium to Russia to be turned into fuel for a small reactor that produces medical isotopes, senior American and other Western officials said.
