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Centre keen to start uranium mining in Meghalaya [1]

Energy-starved India is desperately looking for Uranium discovered in Meghalaya and wants to mine it despite protests.

The Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), the public sector company which wants to mine the ore, said that there is no plan to abandon the Rs 1,100 crore uranium mining project in Meghalaya

Publication Date: 
11/11/2010
Assam Tribune (Guwahati) [2]
Tags:
Meghalaya [3], Mining [4], Uranium [5], West Khasi Hills [6], Uranium Corporation Of India Ltd (UCIL) [7]
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