Till date the southern states were infamous for boundary disputes. But this malaise seems to have spread to the north-east where Assam and Meghalaya are locked in a border row over a remote village Lampih following the potential discovery of uranium in this tiny hamlet. To ensure that Lampih remains with it. the Assam Government has dangled lots of carrots including a health centre and motorable roads for 31,200 villagers who have to travel for six hours on horseback to reach the nearest road.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/fight-over-uranium
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/assam-tribune-guwahati
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uranium
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/roads
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-fuel
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-development-north-eastern-region
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/meghalaya
