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India’s national animal threatened by uranium mining

the danger to India’s national animal – the Royal Bengal Tiger – that is already endangered and has a dwindling population inside the Park.

Opposition to uranium mining gains momentum, The Assam Tribune  TURA, May 2 – Opposition to uranium mining inside Balpakram National Park in South Garo Hills is gaining momentum with all major NGOs along with student and social groups coming together to protest the move by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to go ahead with its project.The Garo Students Union and the United Achik Peace Forum (UAPF), a conglomerate of all leading civil societies, have dispatched urgent petitions to the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, seeking his intervention to stop the proposed uranium exploration at Balpakram National Park……

The GSU and the Forum further stated that mining in any form inside the national park would be considered sacrilegious.

Another important aspect that the Forum has put forward to the Environment Minister is the danger to India’s national animal – the Royal Bengal Tiger – that is already endangered and has a dwindling population inside the Park. The Assam Tribune Online

May 3, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, politics | antinuclear, nuclear, uranium