Areyyy aa nallamala forest uranium mining aapandra

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Panel to study uranium contamination in A.P.’s Kadapa district

Uranium mine at Tummalapalle in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district. Photo: ucil.gov.in

Staff ReporterVIJAYAWADA 31 AUGUST 2019 22:26 IST

UPDATED: 31 AUGUST 2019 22:27 IST

 

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy orders action on complaints. 

The Andhra Pradesh government has ordered a full-fledged inquiry into a number of complaints about groundwater pollution caused by the uranium mining and processing project of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) at Tummalapalle in Vemula mandal of Kadapa district. 

Chief Minister Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy reviewed the situation on Friday and directed the officers to look into the complaints. The government asked the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) to set up a committee of experts which would visit the tailings pond where the wastage from the UCIL facility is stored. 

The committee would comprise of scientists and senior officials of the National Geophysical Research Institute, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, the Mines and Geology, Groundwater and Agriculture Departments of the State government and the IIT-Tirupati as members. It will submit a report in 10 days.

Ever since uranium was discovered at this remote village and the mining of ore and processing began, residents of six to seven villages around the site have been complaining of contamination of groundwater. There were reports of people falling ill and damage to crops. The constitution of the committee came after Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy and K. Babu Rao, a former scientist of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, represented the problem. 

The APPCB says the UCIL was not complying with the APPCB’s norms for protecting the tailing pond from seepage. The APPCB asked the UCIL to line the pond with polyethylene layer, but it was not done. The UCIL maintained that it was adhering to the norms suggested by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and that it need not consult the APPCB. 

After serving a show-cuase notice on the UCIL in the first week of August, the APPCB has decided to hold a hearing on September 5 of complaints of groundwater contamination. APPCB Chairman B.S.S. Prasad told journalists that there were apprehensions among the people living in the vicinity of the project site over the release of slurry into the tailing pond, and the plan to expand it.

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World lone highest uranium deposits as it stands. It should be a boon not a bane. Precautions theesukokunda chesthunnattu unnaru.

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Just now, DummyVariable said:

World lone highest uranium deposits as it stands. It should be boon not a bane. Precautions theesukokunda chesthunnattu unnaru.

Mana daggara telisindhe gaa, safety ki entha importance istharo

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4 minutes ago, DummyVariable said:

World lone highest uranium deposits as it stands. It should be a boon not a bane. Precautions theesukokunda chesthunnattu unnaru.

Precautions em undav japan lo Fukushima disaster ainappude precautions theeskolekapoyaru inka ikkadentha energy generate cheyyaalante solar plants encourage cheyyachu nuclear power tho one unit ki 20 rupees avthundi adhe solar aithe 4 rupees no pollution 

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3 minutes ago, aakathaai_new said:

Precautions em undav japan lo Fukushima disaster ainappude precautions theeskolekapoyaru inka ikkadentha energy generate cheyyaalante solar plants encourage cheyyachu nuclear power tho one unit ki 20 rupees avthundi adhe solar aithe 4 rupees no pollution 

That is true. ESP ee rayalaseema districts yedari laaga untayi.. probably has good quality sunlight. 

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Do we have oil there

If yes it she should be mined...

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3 minutes ago, kevinUsa said:

Do we have oil there

If yes it she should be mined...

Oil unnaayantara elli mokaallaki arikaallaki g ki raasukoo

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Just now, aakathaai_new said:

Oil unnaayantara elli mokaallaki arikaallaki g ki raasukoo

Don't show your grama volunteer intelligence here

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Just now, kevinUsa said:

Don't show your grama volunteer intelligence here

Don't show your bathroom lo kalara undala due dilingece here

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Just now, aakathaai_new said:

Don't show your bathroom lo kalara undala due dilingece here

Mee jagan poyi 10gu

Y case kada permission ichindi

 

Kavali ante 2 months lo president Hyderabad vastadi for winter retreat 

Akkada velli protest cheyandi

Hyderabad koti

Chaderghat

Mafhapur

Panjagutta lo one Monday morning Rasta roko cheyandi

 

Warangal kazipet junction daggra 

Rastaroko cheyandi north.ki south ki connection cut avutundi

State kadu central govt Digi vastadi.

 

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3 hours ago, Kool_SRG said:

Nijame kaani pattinchukunevaadu evadunnadu...

naluguru nippantinchukuntey movement start aitadi.. nuvvu shuru chey chepta..

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Funny thing is, it is less than 15 km from Jagan’s native pulivendula. Valla vullo vallake ayithadhi emanna ayithe...

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Two states lo BJP manchiga grow avuthunna time lo ee issue kelukunnaru. The more it delays addressing this issue. More harm for them.  

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26 minutes ago, MRI said:

naluguru tippantinchukuntey movement start aitadi.. nuvvu shuru chey chepta..

Ok... Andaru kinda link lo petetion sign cheyyandi..

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https://www.change.org/p/president-of-india-save-nallamala-forest-from-uranium-mining-rashtrapatibhvn-telanganacmo

Save Nallamala Forest from Uranium Mining

Dyfi Telangana started this petition to President of India (Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi - 110004) and 5 others

Dear Sir,
The Central government has permitted the mining of radioactive uranium in the NALLAMALA FOREST ZONE. This operation requires deforestation of majority of forest in both Telangana and Andhra pradesh regions. Once the land is exposed to the nuclear particles, the plant growing capacity of the land comes to zero, completely turning out into a waste land. Also it will destroy "Nagarjuna sagar- Srisailam tiger reserve" which is known to be the second largest tiger reserve in the world. Also the tribal region named "Mannanuru" will have to face the toxic effects of this mining.

“Amrabad Tiger Reserve, one of the two reserves in Telangana, a proposal from Department of Atomic Energy being given an ‘in-principle’ approval for exploratory drilling for uranium ore in 76 sqkm inside the reserve. Amarabad Tiger Reserve is home to about 24 tigers and boasts of a rich array of wildlife including leopard, sloth bear, wild dog, different kinds of deer among other animals. The hilly tiger reserve, part of the Nallamala hills, also serves a as a catchment area for River Krishna which flows through the hill range. the area being sought for mining are rich in RARE wildlife and RARE plant species. Environmental damage, contamination resulting from leakage of chemicals” that will affect the health of native wildlife.On the road that pilgrims take from Hyderabad to Srisailam, lies the unassuming lush green forest of the Amrabad Tiger Reserve. Before the separation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, huge boards would suggest that you were in India’s largest tiger reserve.

Despite the division, it still happens to be India’s second-largest tiger reserve, next only to its sibling, the original Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve. Together they form what is probably India’s largest protected dry forest. Amrabad Tiger Reserve lies in the Nallamala hills, a landscape that is recovering after over two centuries of degradation by the British and the Nizam of Hyderabad. It is a mystifying landscape of lofty hills and cavernous valleys, perennial rivers and exciting winding roads that have thick, forested topography on one side and deep and vast valleys on the other along with different hues to mark the seasons. Inhabiting this mesmerising forested landscape is the most charismatic cat of the world — the tiger. Richness is synonymous with this tiger reserve as it harbours great biodiversity, comprising of around 70 species of mammals, more than 300 hundred avian varieties, 60 species of reptiles and thousands of insects, all supported and nourished by more than 600 different plant species.

Although the proposal for mining in Amrabad suggests that the site is of no archaeological value, this area is, in fact, renowned for its archaeological significance. It contains ruins of the ancient Nagarjuna Viswa Vidyalayam run by the great Buddhist scholar Nagarjunacharya (150 AD).

The relics of the fort of Ikshwaku Chandragupta, a ruler of the 3rd century BC are also found. The ancient fort of Pratap Rudra, a king of the Kakatiya dynasty of Warangal and many other forts are seen on the banks of the Krishna river. An ancient wall of length of 105 miles, constructed by the Kakatiyas is an interesting feature.

Geo-morphological rock shelters and cave temples such as Akka Mahadevi Bhilam, Dattatreya Bhilam, Umaa Maheswaram, Kadalivanam, and Palankasari are characteristic of the area. The area proposed for mining falls under the Amrabad and Nudigal Reserved Forests of the ‘core area’ of the tiger reserve. It has a good diversity of forests and wildlife.

The rich diversity of wildlife includes tiger, leopard, dhole, wolf, Indian fox, jackal, honey badger, nilgai, sambar, chowsingha and sloth bear. There is also the endemic yellow-throated bulbul and the star tortoise.

Despite the rich wildlife, there is very little human-wildlife conflict. The streams and rivulets drain into the Krishna, which has an amazing diversity of acquatic life including the mugger crocodile, water monitor lizard and turtles. The forest area is pristine and provides numerous ecosystem services like being the major catchment of the Krishna, which quenches the thirst of the two Telugu-speaking states.

The proposed area is hilly and highly undulating. The drilling of 4,000 deep holes will disfigure the reserve, ruining the wildlife habitat. Proposed to cover 20,500 acres, the project seems poised to destroy the ecology of the entire tiger reserve.

The exploration will expose and pollute surface water, ground water and leech the minerals and dangerous chemicals into the Nagarjunasagar dam. The roads will fragment and degrade the dry forests, which may never recover after such a massive exercise. The proposal to mine for uranium in this Eden will not only kill its wild denizens but will also take away the livelihoods of the Chenchu, besides exposing them and hundreds of others to uranium contamination. Is it a bit too much to ask for the rescinding of the proposal? If India’s largest tiger reserves are not sacrosanct then the future of tiger is really bleak in the new India we are making. Chenchus are perhaps the first habitants of mainland India. In Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival, Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf describes Chenchus: “They are short and slender in stature, with very dark skin, wavy or curly hair, broad faces, flat noses, and a trace of prognathism (extension or bulging out of the lower jaw), which is a sign of their connection with ancient human beings that roamed the Earth. There are no people in India poorer in material possessions than the jungle Chenchus; bows and arrows, a knife, an axe, a digging stick, some pots and baskets, and a few tattered rags constitute many a Chenchu’s entire belongings. They usually owns a thatched hut in one of the small settlements where he lives during the monsoon rains and in the cold weather. But in the hot season, communities split up and individual family groups camp in the open, under overhanging rocks or in temporary leaf-shelters.

HENCE IF WE DON’T PROTEST A GREAT NATION WITH VARIED CULTURES WILL BECOME THE VICTIM OF EXPLOITATION.
"SAVE THE FOREST SAVE THE NATION"

(Dear friends,We request you to sign and circulate widely the ongoing e-petition campaign against opening of urnaium mining in Nallamala Forst in India’s Telangana state.)

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6 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

Ok...

nippantichukomantey ok antavu!