The plant set up by the Uranium Corporation of India in M.Thummapalle in Kadapa district has become a polluting area. While groundwater is contaminated, radiation causes many ailments. Crops and livestock are also being destroyed. Due to this, the victims of the pollution took to the roaddeck to do justice to themselves. UCIL officials have demanded that they stay in their villages for 10 days and drink only the water we drink. Uranium Plant Waste Pollution Impact .. Actions Legal Action was taken on Thursday by the PCB Chairman and Member Secretary Vivek Yadav at the Pollution Control Board in Vijayawada.
The event was attended by people, farmers and UCIL officials surrounding the Tummalapalle area. Vice Chairman of Human Rights Forum Jayashree on behalf of the aggrieved farmers, CPI leader Eshwaraiah and others have made their claims. After the event, the victims held a dharna in front of the PCB office.
They say that the pollution demon is spreading day by day due to the lack of lining to the tailpond where the waste is stored from the plant and the crops are contaminated with ground water. Skin diseases such as dryness of the skin, rashes and itchy skin are haunting, and infants are prone to arthritis. He warned that if they do not get justice, they will go on indefinite hunger strike in front of the chief minister’s residence.
Keeping water in an aluminum container for 25 days is perpetuating and our bodies will survive if they do so. If there is any doubt, the challenge is that the authorities should come and check for themselves, and if this is not true, the volunteers will go out.
He said that 12 lakhs of the 376 hectares were planted when the plant was set up, but that at least 10 thousand were not planted. Uranium plant pollution prompted livestock loss in Kanampalle village Asked why the PCB did not take notice of the issue, the official said that the scientist Baburao had not noticed the lining of the tailpond.
How much is pollution? He called for an independent expert committee to study how the damage was done and to immediately halt the process of releasing waste into the tailpond. Farmers who lost their lives due to pollution were asked to be compensated.
