The plan to mine uranium in Meghalaya to address the needs of the nuclear industry in India has run into opposition and protests in the state. A complicated story featuring the opposition led by the Khasi Students Union emerges as one delves into the issue. Placing an active source of rent in a region with not one but several established insurgencies is fundamentally a flawed idea.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/students-versus-state-politics-uranium-mining-meghalaya
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/vasundhara-sirnate
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/north-east
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uranium
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tribals
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nuclear-fuel
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/meghalaya
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-khasi-hills
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economic-and-political-weekly
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uranium-corporation-india-ltd-ucil
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vasundhara-sirnate
